In an astonishing piece of screen acting, Donald Sutherland (DonÃt Look Now) portrays Casanova in his waning days, travelling from a bubonic-plagued Venice to a syphilitic London via a tubercular Germany, engaging in various
amorous and political adventures with an air of bored detatchment. Imbued with a romantic pessimism, the film debunks the myth of Casanova as a great lover and instead presents him as an ordinary man swept along by extraordinary circumstances.
Featuring a compelling and complex score by FelliniÃs longstanding collaborator Nina Rota, FelliniÃs Casanova also boasts Oscar® winning costume designs by Danilo Donati. Filmed entirely on the lavish soundstages of RomeÃs Cinecitta Studios, the film is also popularly viewed as the directorÃs elegiac farewell to a bygone era of Italian cinema.
"A must for Fellini aficionados" EMPIRE
"A sumptuous visual treat" NEW YORK TIMES