That Night in Varennes
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Director Ettore Scola Duration Music director Armando Trovajoli Country France
Italy | 7.2/10 IMDb Genre Drama, History Running time 2h 30m Language French, Italian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writer Sergio Amidei , Ettore Scola Release date 15 May 1982 (1982-05-15) Based on La Nuit de Varennes ou lImpossible nest pas francais
by Catherine Rihoit Screenplay Ettore Scola, Sergio Amidei Cast Jean-Louis Barrault (Nicolas Edmé Restif de la Bretonne), Marcello Mastroianni (Casanova, Chevalier de Seingalt), Hanna Schygulla (Countess Sophie de la Borde), Harvey Keitel (Thomas Paine), Jean-Claude Brialy (Monsieur Jacob), Andréa Ferréol (Madame Adélaïde Gagnon)Similar movies Related Ettore Scola movies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
That Night in Varennes (Italian: Il mondo nuovo; French: La Nuit de Varennes) is a 1982 Italian and French drama film directed by Ettore Scola. It is based on a novel by Catherine Rihoit. It tells the story of a fictional meeting between Restif de la Bretonne, Giacomo Casanova, Thomas Paine and Sophie de la Borde (a lady in waiting to the Queen). They are all traveling together in a coach that is a few hours behind the one that is carrying King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette in their flight to Varennes during the French Revolution.
The film was entered into the 1982 Cannes Film Festival. The film was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film by the U.S. National Board of Review of Motion Pictures.
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