Casanovas Return

Leo Bernardi is a successful and acclaimed Italian director Hes approaching the end of his career but he cannot accept his slow decline He has just finished shooting his last movie and hes deeply sad The movie is inspired by the novel about Casanova written by Arthur Schnitzler a character so similar to the director even more than he could imagine Schnitzlers Casanova is aged glory days are over he lost his charm and his attraction to women hes broke and no more eager to travel through Europe After a long exile he just wants to go back to Venice his homeland While traveling home Casanova meets a girl Marcolina She reawakens his desire lost for years So he tries to seduce her but that leads him to a tragic understanding hes an old man now Its not by chance that Leo Bernardi decided to tell this story right now in a pivotal moment of his life and career The destiny of both Casanova and his director leads them to a final confrontation