That Night in Varennes
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| That Night in Varennes | |
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| Directed by | Ettore Scola |
| Produced by | Renzo Rossellini |
| Written by | Catherine Rihoit (novel) Sergio Amidei Ettore Scola |
| Starring | Jean-Louis Barrault Marcello Mastroianni Hanna Schygulla Harvey Keitel |
| Music by | Armando Trovajoli |
| Cinematography | Armando Nannuzzi |
| Editing by | Raimondo Crociani |
| Distributed by | Triumph Releasing Corporation (USA) |
| Release date(s) | May 15, 1982 |
| Country |  France Italy |
| Language | French, Italian |
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That Night in Varennes (French: La Nuit de Varennes) is a 1982 French and Italian drama film directed by Ettore Scola. 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 attempt to escape from Paris during the French Revolution.
[edit] 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
- Pierre Malet as Emile Delage, student revolutionary
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