The most notorious lover in history tries to go legit. Spoiler: he absolutely does not.
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.
Direction
Jeunet's signature whimsy collides with period drama spectacularly
Costume
Ridiculous wigs, richer fabrics, pure 18th-century fever dream
Acting
Diego Luna's wounded charm sells the whole beautiful mess
Director
Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Diego Luna
Giacomo Casanova
Bojana Novaković
Madame Pompadour
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
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was originally a BBC series pilot that never got picked up, leaving Jeunet's vision compressed into this feverish 55-minute standalone.
The real Casanova's memoirs were banned for centuries; this adaptation leans into his own unreliable narration, making truth and performance indistinguishable.
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