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Fellini's Casanova (15)

Olivia Laing: The Silver Book

,Cinema 3
a women winking with her hands together

A visually opulent telling of the life and times of the notorious libertine, from the legendary director of La Dolce Vita.

Loosely adapted from Casanova’s memoirs, the film follows the infamous Italian womanizer as he escapes imprisonment in Venice and heads off on a debauched tour of the European courts.

Working entirely on the vast soundstages of Rome’s Cinecittà Studios, director Federico Fellini recreates 18th-century Europe on sets at once sumptuous and flagrantly artificial. The story unfolds as a series of tableaux, with at their centre actor Donald Sutherland in a performance both compelling and suggestive of the hollowness at Casanova’s core.

The Oscar-winning costume design is by Danilo Donati.

Tagged with: Cinema Olivia Laing Silver Book

In Italian with English subtitles

Please note: this film contains some scenes with outdated attitudes and cultural depictions.

Film information
  • Release year   1976
  • Country   Italy
  • Director   Federico Fellini
  • Runtime   2hr 34 min

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Cinema 3

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