Casanova (2015)

18th century Venetian Giacomo Casanova escapes from prison and flees to France.

Director:

Jean-Pierre Jeunet

Writer:

Stuart Zicherman (as Stu Zicherman)

Stars:

Diego Luna, Bojana Novakovic, Ben Daniels

3 wins.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Diego Luna	...	Giacomo Casanova
Bojana Novakovic	...	Madame Pompadour
Ben Daniels	...	Francois-Joachim de Bernis
Amelia Clarkson	...	Manon Balletti
Laure Marsac	...	Sylvia Balleti
Miranda Richardson	...	Marquise d'Urfé
Paul Rhys	...	Comte De St Germain
Ed Birch	...	Nicolas
Sarah Winter	...	Helena Morphy
Francis Magee	...	Balbi
Sarah Bauer	...	Victorie Morphy
Tim Delap	...	Claude Patu
James Flynn	...	King Louis XV
Michael Taibi	...	Pale Man
Gábor Harsai	...	Gustaf Lundberg (as Gábor Harsay)

Storyline

Exiled from his beloved Venice, Giacomo Casanova flees to Paris at the dawn of the Enlightenment in hopes of putting his reputation as a playboy behind him. But old habits die hard, and temptation is everywhere as Casanova finds a wealth of new opportunity and trouble.

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

TV-MA

Did You Know?

Goofs

The third tower on the roof of Notre-Dame was built during the 19th century by architect Eugène Viollet-le-Duc.

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Soundtracks

Secret (remix)
(uncredited)
Performed by Ex Lions

User Reviews

Hints are now coming out Amazon killed this at Weinstein's request

This pilot had extremely good audience reaction. A good deal of positive critics reaction too. Some bad reactions from insider Hollywood critics. Now we find out from interviews with Actress Helena Bonham Carter that Weinstein had a vendetta against the director of Casanova, Jean-Pierre Jeunet and was using his influence to attempt to damage Jeunet's work. It looks like some of the critics who panned Casanova are the very same who were protective of Weinstein right up until the allegations became too widespread to deny. It also looks like Amazon may have possibly caved to pressure from Wienstein who was producing projects for Amazon. So if you are wondering why this stunningly good production never made it beyond the pilot, keep in mind the most powerful and abusive power broker in Hollywood had a specific vendetta against its director, Jean-Pierre Jeunet. Perhaps Jeunet blocked Harvey's casting couch. Even worse, perhaps Amazon enabled Weinstein's vendetta

For more info, which just came out, just hit google news for: Weinstein and Jean-Pierre Jeunet. Vanity Fair has an October 2018 piece on this as does The Guardian

What a shame that the corrupt Hollyuwood

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

7 August 2015 (USA)

Also Known As:

Casanova

Filming Locations:

Versailles, Yvelines, France

Box Office

Budget:

$10,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Amazon Studios, Electus, H2O-Casanova

Technical Specs

Runtime:

55 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD