Giacomo Casanova: Childhood and Adolescence (1969)

Original title

Infanzia, vocazione e prime esperienze di Giacomo Casanova, veneziano

Directed by

Luigi Comencini

Genre

comedy film, biographical film

Country

Italy

Runtime

2h 03m

Rated

U

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 27 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

It follows a young Giacomo Casanova growing up in Venice. After a difficult childhood and time studying for the church, he leaves to pursue a countess. The movie is less about him personally and more about the society around him.

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What happens

Giacomo Casanova: Childhood and Adolescence (Italian: Infanzia, vocazione e prime esperienze di Giacomo Casanova, veneziano, lit. 'Childhood, Vocation, and First Experience of Giacomo Casanova, Venetian'), internationally released as Casanova: His Youthful Years, is a 1969 Italian comedy film directed by Luigi Comencini. It tells the youth of Giacomo Casanova, who, after an unhappy childhood and early ecclesiastical activity in Venice, became an abbot and abandoned his vocation for the love of a countess. Despite the plot, more than a portrait of Casanova, the film is more of a vivid fresco of the Venetian society of the time. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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