Casanova (film)
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| Directed by | Lasse Hallström |
| Produced by | Mark Gordon, Betsy Beers |
| Written by | Jeffrey Hatcher, Kimberly Simi, Michael Cristofer |
| Starring | Heath Ledger, Jeremy Irons, Sienna Miller, Oliver Platt |
| Distributed by | Touchstone Pictures |
| Release date(s) | December 25, 2005 |
| Running time | 108 min. |
| Language | English |
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- For Italian director Federico Fellini's film of the same name see Fellini's Casanova
Casanova is a 2005 comedy film directed by Lasse Hallström based on the life of Giacomo Casanova.
- Tagline: A partially true story about lies told, virtue lost and love found.
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In 1753, in Venice, Casanova (Heath Ledger) is famous/notorious for his success and promiscuity with women. The Doge, the ruler of the city, is sympathetic to Casanova, but cannot be too lenient, to avoid trouble with the church. He warns Casanova that he must soon marry or be exiled from the city.
Casanova is in love with Francesca (Sienna Miller), who writes illegal feminist books under the name of a man. However, her mother (Lena Olin) pushes her to marry Paprizzio (Oliver Platt), a corpulent rich man from Genoa, whom she has never seen. When Paprizzio arrives in Venice, Casanova lies to him that the hotel he booked is closed and lets him stay at his house. Casanova also lies that he is the author of the feminist books. While Paprizzio, preparing to visit Francesca, stays at Casanova's house, Casanova visits Francesca, pretending to her to be Paprizzio.
Later he confesses to her who he really is, which makes her angry. Casanova is arrested for crimes against sexual morality, such as debauchery and heresy with a novice. He saves Francesca by pretending to be the author of the feminist books, which impresses her very much. However, the truth comes out, and both are sentenced to death. Just in time, when they are about to be hanged in the city square, they are saved by a fake announcement that the Pope, because of his birthday, gives amnesty to all prisoners who were to be executed on this day. It was discovered that it was an impostor whom ended up being his step father, wedded to his mother that came back for him like she promised as a child. As they escaped together, leaving on Paprizzio's boat, Giovanni Bruni (Charlie Cox) stayed behind to continue Casanova's womanizing legend in his place.
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