| That Night in Varennes | |
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 French poster for film | |
| Directed by | Ettore Scola |
| Screenplay by | Sergio Amidei Ettore Scola |
| Based on | La Nuit de Varennes ou l'Impossible n'est pas français by Catherine Rihoit |
| Produced by | Renzo Rossellini |
| Starring | Jean-Louis Barrault Marcello Mastroianni Hanna Schygulla Harvey Keitel |
| Cinematography | Armando Nannuzzi |
| Edited by | Raimondo Crociani |
| Music by | Armando Trovajoli |
| Distributed by | Triumph Releasing Corporation (USA) |
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Running time | 150 minutes |
| Countries | France Italy |
| Languages | French Italian |
That Night in Varennes (Italian: Il mondo nuovo; French: La Nuit de Varennes) is a 1982 French-Italian drama film directed by Ettore Scola.[1] It is based on a novel by Catherine Rihoit. It tells the story of a fictional meeting among Restif de la Bretonne, Giacomo Casanova, Thomas Paine and Sophie de la Borde (a lady in waiting to the queen). They are all traveling together in a coach that is a few hours behind the one that is carrying King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette in their flight to Varennes during the French Revolution.
The film was entered into the 1982 Cannes Film Festival.[2] The film was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film by the U.S. National Board of Review of Motion Pictures.[3]
- ^ "NY Times: That Night in Varennes". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. 2009. Archived from the original on 2009-10-29. Retrieved 2009-03-29.
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: That Night in Varennes". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-06-12.
- ^ "1983 Award Winners". National Board of Review of Motion Pictures. 2016. Retrieved 17 November 2016.