That Night in Varennes
1982 French film
- 15 May 1982 (1982-05-15)
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Italy
Italian
That Night in Varennes (Italian: Il mondo nuovo; French: La Nuit de Varennes) is a 1982 French-Italian drama film directed by Ettore Scola.[1] It is based on a novel by Catherine Rihoit. It tells the story of a fictional meeting among 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.[2] The film was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film by the U.S. National Board of Review of Motion Pictures.[3]
Selected cast
- Jean-Louis Barrault as Nicolas Edmé Restif de la Bretonne
- Marcello Mastroianni as Casanova, Chevalier de Seingalt
- Hanna Schygulla as Countess Sophie de la Borde
- Harvey Keitel as Thomas Paine
- Jean-Claude Brialy as Monsieur Jacob
- Andréa Ferréol as Madame Adélaïde Gagnon
- Michel Vitold as De Florange
- Laura Betti as Virginia Capacelli
- Pierre Malet as Emile Delage, student revolutionary
- Enzo Jannacci as the Italian clown
- Daniel Gélin as De Wendel
- Didi Perego as Madame Sauce
- Caterina Boratto as Madame Faustine
- Dora Doll as Nanette Precy
- Hugues Quester as Jean-Louis Romeuf
- Jean-Louis Trintignant as Monsieur Sauce
- Michel Piccoli as King Louis XVI
References
- ^ "NY Times: That Night in Varennes". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. 2009. Archived from the original on 2009-10-29. Retrieved 2009-03-29.
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: That Night in Varennes". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-06-12.
- ^ "1983 Award Winners". National Board of Review of Motion Pictures. 2016. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
External links
- That Night in Varennes at IMDb
- That Night in Varennes at AllMovie
- That Night in Varennes at Rotten Tomatoes
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Films directed by Ettore Scola
- Let's Talk About Women
- Hard Time for Princes
- Thrilling
- The Devil in Love
- Will Our Heroes Be Able to Find Their Friend Who Has Mysteriously Disappeared in Africa?
- Police Chief Pepe
- The Pizza Triangle
- My Name Is Rocco Papaleo
- The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life
- Trevico-Turin: Voyage in Fiatnam
- We All Loved Each Other So Much
- Down and Dirty
- Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen
- A Special Day
- Viva l'Italia!
- The Terrace
- Passion of Love
- That Night in Varennes
- Le bal
- Macaroni
- The Family
- Splendor
- What Time Is It?
- Captain Fracassa's Journey
- Mario, Maria and Mario
- The Story of a Poor Young Man
- The Dinner
- Unfair Competition
- People of Rome
- How Strange to Be Named Federico
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