Synopsis
Year 1763. Forced into exile, the famous libertine Giacomo Casanova leaves Paris and travels to London, where he meets Marianne de Charpillon, a young prostitute to whom he is so attracted that he forgets about the other women.
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Cast
- Vincent LindonGiacomo Casanova
- Stacy MartinMarianne de Charpillon
- Valeria GolinoLa Cornelys
- Julia RoyCécile
- Nancy TateLady Hortense Stavenson
- Anna CottisMarianne's Mother
- Hayley CarmichaelAnna
- Christian EricksonLord Pembroke
- Nathan WillcocksClaremont
- Antonythasan JesuthasanJarba
Recommendations
- 70
Film Threat
We may not learn about Casanova the gambler or the spy, but we get to see a vulnerable side previously unexposed. - 70
The New Yorker
In his new film, Casanova, Last Love... Jacquot, who is seventy-four, stands his artistic practice on its head in order to consider it retrospectively. It’s a classic “late film,” one that, with the contemplative distance of experience, approaches his deepest concerns with apparent simplicity. - 50
The New York Times
Though Jacquot throws into question our presumptions about figures like Casanova, as well as vilified women like La Charpillon, he leaves it at that, leaving us wondering what exactly it was all for. - 38
RogerEbert.com
Whether you think Casanova's a hero worth idolizing, or a dull-as-dishwater man whore from a sexist past, Casanova, Last Love will make you believe he deserved better than this. - 30
Los Angeles Times
Casanova, Last Love, which looks at the famed 18th century philanderer’s infatuation with the supposed “one true love of his life,” is a dull and uninvolving portrait that, despite its sumptuous settings and costumes, never takes flight. - 30
Variety
Whatever the truth, there’s nothing in Jacquot’s vision of Charpillon to inspire devotion. There have been other unlikely Casanovas, yet the best of them conveyed not just the man’s charm but a depth of intelligence. Lindon’s downturned eyes have always exuded a world-weariness that fits with his characters, but there’s no spark here, no understanding of the man’s aura.
