| The Return of Casanova | |
| Caption: | Film poster |
| Director: | Édouard Niermans |
| Producer: | Alain Delon |
| Screenplay: | Jean-Claude Carrière |
| Based On: | Casanova's Homecoming by Arthur Schnitzler |
| Starring: | Alain Delon Elsa Lunghini Fabrice Luchini |
| Music: | Michel Portal Bruno Coulais |
| Cinematography: | Jean Penzer |
| Editing: | Yves Deschamps |
| Runtime: | 93 minutes |
| Country: | France |
| Language: | French |
| Gross: | 356,908 admissions (France)[1] |
The Return of Casanova (French: '''Le Retour de Casanova''') is a 1992 French period drama film directed by Édouard Niermans, and based on Arthur Schnitzler's novella Casanova's Homecoming. It was entered into the 1992 Cannes Film Festival.[2]
After many years of rambling across Europe, the aging Giacomo Casanova is impoverished. He wants to return to the Republic of Venice but he doesn't dare going there directly because he was a fugitive when he left. While he tries to find a way to get a pardon, he meets a young lady named Marcolina. The more he shows his affection, the more ostentatiously she rejects him. Even so he doesn't give up on her because her lover Lorenzo has grave gaming debts. In return for the required money, Lorenzo tells Casanova about a looming secret rendezvous with Marcolina. Moreover, he lets Casanova take his place. Under cover of the night, Casanova finally seduces her. Lorenzo later feels his honour was besmirched and demands satisfaction. Casanova kills him in a duel and then goes home to Venice.