Casanova's Return (2023)
Leo Bernardi is a successful and acclaimed Italian director. He’s approaching the end of his career but he cannot accept his slow decline. He has just finished shooting his last movie and he’s deeply sad. The movie is inspired by the novel about Casanova written by Arthur Schnitzler, a character so similar to the director, even more than he could imagine. Schnitzler’s Casanova is aged, glory days are over: he lost his charm and his attraction to women, he’s broke and no more eager to travel through Europe. After a long exile, he just wants to go back to Venice, his homeland. While traveling home Casanova meets a girl, Marcolina. She reawakens his desire, lost for years. So, he tries to seduce her but that leads him to a tragic understanding: he’s an old man now. It’s not by chance that Leo Bernardi decided to tell this story right now, in a pivotal moment of his life and career. The destiny of both Casanova and his director leads them to a final confrontation.
Director:
Gabriele Salvatores
Writers:
Gabriele Salvatores, Umberto Contarello, Sara Mosetti.
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Toni Servillo as Leo Bernardi |
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Sara Serraiocco as Silvia |
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Fabrizio Bentivoglio as Giacomo Casanova |
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Natalino Balasso as Gianni |
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Bianca Panconi as Marcolina |
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Ale as Olivo |
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Antonio Catania as Alberto |
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Elio De Capitani as Marchese Celsi |
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Angelo Di Genio as Tenente Lorenzi |
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Franz as Uomo pronto soccorso |
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Walter Leonardi as Tecnico domotica |
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Sara Bertelà as Amalia |
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Marco Bonadei as Lorenzo Marino |
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Riccardo Gamba as Imbonitore |
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Yoon C. Joyce as Portiere dell'albergo |
| Production | Marco Cohen | Producer |
| Production | Fabrizio Donvito | Producer |
| Production | Benedetto Habib | Producer |
| Production | Daniel Campos Pavoncelli | Producer |
| Camera | Italo Petriccione | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Massimo Fiocchi | Editor |
| Directing | Gabriele Salvatores | Director |
| Writing | Gabriele Salvatores | Screenplay |
| Writing | Umberto Contarello | Screenplay |
| Writing | Sara Mosetti | Screenplay |
| Writing | Arthur Schnitzler | Novel |