The Return of Casanova The Return of Casanova The Return of Casanova () is a 1992 French comedy film directed by Édouard Niermans. It was entered into the 1992 Cannes Film Festival. After many years of rambling across Europe the aging Giacomo Casanova is impoverished. He wants to return to the Republic of Venice but he doesn't dare going there directly because he was a fugitive when he left. While he tries to find a way to get a pardon he meets a young lady named Marcelina. The more he shows his affection, the more ostentatiously she rejects him. Even so he doesn't give
Casanova (novel) gives more scope to his own proven powers of imagination in his next book.". Casanova (novel) Casanova is the second novel by English author, Andrew Miller, released on 3 September 1998 through Sceptre. The novel was relatively well received by reviewers and was shortlisted for an Encore Award in 1999. Set in 1763, this novel centres round the historical figure of Giacomo Casanova and loosely follows his autobiographical "Histoire de ma vie". The plot of the novel concerns Casanova falling for a woman and having, for the first time, to deal with rejection and the pain which it causes him.