1976 · drama · period · surreal
Fellini's Casanova
Directed by Federico Fellini2h 28m1976
Imprisoned for practicing black magic, writer and adventurer Giacomo Casanova escapes and wanders Europe, using his fluid sexuality to find his place in life amid a variety of eccentric and strange characters.
Our read: Fellini's Casanova (1976) reads as a sombre, measured, surreal drama · period · surreal entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, measured, measured drama / period, surreal in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- sombre
- measured
- surreal
- bleak
- cold
- signature
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