Casanova is a 2005 American romantic film directed by Lasse Hallström starring Heath Ledger and loosely based on the life of Giacomo Casanova. The film opens with a young woman tearfully leaving her son to live with his grandmother. She promises to come back for her boy. Several years later, in 1753, in Venice, Casanova , is notorious for his success and promiscuity with women, his adventures being represented in puppet theatres around the city. The Doge, the ruler of the city, is sympathetic to Casanova, but cannot be too lenient to avoid trouble with the church. He warns Casanova that... he must soon marry or he will be exiled from the city. Casanova is falling in love with Francesca , who writes illegal feminist books under the name of a man, Bernardo Guardi, and argues for women's rights as Dr. Giordano de Padua. Her mother pushes her to marry Paprizzio , a rich man from Genoa whom she has never seen. When Paprizzio arrives in Venice, Casanova lies to him and says that the hotel he booked is closed and he persuades him to stay at his house. Casanova also lies and says that his nom de plume is Bernardo Guardi.
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| Release date: | September 3, 2005 |
| Directed by: | Lasse Hallström |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 108 Minutes |
| Producer: | Betsy Beers, Mark Gordon, Leslie Holleran |
| Editor: | Andrew Mondshein |
| Music by: | Alexandre Desplat |
| Cinematography: | Oliver Stapleton |
| Screenplay by: | Jeffrey Hatcher, Kimberly Simi |
| Genre: | Comedy, Adventure |