The Night of Varennes is a historical Franco – Italian film directed by Ettore Scola , released in 1982 , recounting the escape and arrest in Varennes of King Louis XVI andMarie Antoinette in 1791 .
Synopsis
In Paris , in June 1791 , the libertine writer Restif de La Bretonne witnessed the departure, in the middle of the night and from the Palais Royal, of a mysterious carriage. Intrigued, Restif starts chasing him with Giacomo Casanova . He soon discovers that this coach is trying to join another party earlier and whose occupants are nothing less than the members of the royal family …
Technical sheet
- Original title: The Night of Varennes
- Italian title: Il mondo nuovo
- Title: That Night in Varennes
- Director: Ettore Scola
- Scenario: Sergio Amidei and Ettore Scola based on Catherine Rihoit’s novel La Nuit de Varennes or Impossible is not French ( Éditions Ramsay , 1982 1 )
- Dialogue Advisor: Simon Mizrahi
- Historical Advisor: Claude Manceron
- Assistants: Paola Scola, Francesco Lazotti, Renald Calcagni, Gaspare Di Caro , Philippine Leroy Beaulieu .
- Sets: Dante Ferretti , Pierre Guffroy
- Set designer: Pierre Lefait
- Costumes: Gabriella Pescucci
- Photography: Armando Nannuzzi
- Sound: Michel Barlier, Remo Ugolinelli
- Editing: Raimondo Crociani
- Music: Armando Trovajoli
- Producers: Daniel Toscan du Plantier , Lise Fayolle (associate producer), Giorgio Silvagni (associate producer)
- Executive Producer: Renzo Rossellini
- Executive producer: Claudio Mancini
- Production Direction: Charlotte Fraisse, Giorgio Scotton
- Production Companies: Gaumont (France), FR3 Cinema (France), Opera Films Produzione (Italy)
- Original distribution company: Gaumont Distribution (France)
- Country of origin: France , Italy
- Shooting languages: French , Italian
- Format: 35 mm – color by Eastmancolor – 2.35: 1 Technovision – monophonic sound
- Genre: Pageant
- Duration: 144 min ↔ 154 min 2
- Release date :
- (en) Classifications CNC : all audiences, Arthouse (operating visa n o 53473 issued)
Distribution
- Jean-Louis Barrault : Nicolas Edme Restif of La Bretonne
- Marcello Mastroianni : Giacomo Casanova , Knight of Seingalt
- Hanna Schygulla : Countess Sophie de la Borde, daughter-in-law of Jean-Joseph de Laborde
- Harvey Keitel (VF: Heinz Bennent ) : Thomas Paine
- Jean-Claude Brialy : Mr. Jacob
- Andrea Ferreol : M me Adelaide Gagnon
- Michel Vitold : From Florange
- Laura Betti : Virginia Capacelli
- Enzo Jannacci : the Italian mountebank
- Pierre Malet : Émile Delage, the revolutionary student
- Daniel Gélin : From Wendel
- Hugues Quester : Jean-Louis Romeuf
- Dora Doll : Nanette Precy
- Jean-Louis Trintignant : Mr. Sauce
- Michel Piccoli : Louis XVI
- Éléonore Hirt : Queen Marie Antoinette
- Caterina Boratto : M me Faustina
- Didi Perego : M me Sauce
- Evelyne Dress : Agnès, the daughter of Restif de La Bretonne
- Vernon Dobtcheff : the judge at the seizure
- Aline Messe : Marie-Madeleine, Sophie’s black maid
- Yves Collignon : Drouet
- Roger Trapp : the blacksmith of Meaux
- Agnes Nobecourt : Hubertine, daughter of M me Faustina
- Patrick Osmond: the commander of the National Guard
- Jacques Peyrac
- Claude Legros
- Maurice Jacquemont
- Ugo Fangareggi
- Annie Belle
- Fausto Di Bella
- Jacques Zanetti
- Antonella Cancellieri
- Robert Nogaret
- Bruno Du Louvat ( Bruno Staab ): Gabriel Vallé, a messenger
- Noelle Mesny
- Jeanne Carré
- Jeanne Tatu
- Albert Michel
- Enrico Bergier
Notes and references
- ↑ 312 pages ( ISBN 2859562605 ) .
- ↑ Duration announced by the CNC .