FELLINI'S CASANOVA

Fellini’s Casanova is without doubt one of the most preposterous, ridiculous and indulgently stylised films you could ever envisage. It is also one of the most extraordinarily brilliant, a savagely personal depiction of a flawed historical character who occupies a rare position in our cultural history.

A Venetian carnival acts as the prologue to a story that details a series of Casanova’s erotic encounters as the legendary lothario journeys across Europe visiting some of the 18th century’s most prominent cities. As a guest of various courts, Casanova deflowers a frisky nun, competes in a challenge as to who can satisfy a woman the most times within an hour, and suffers from great personal angst brought on by the realisation he has no real

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