That Night In Varennes

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.

That Night in Varennes
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)
Release date	15 May 1982 (1982-05-15)
Running time	150 minutes
Countries	France Italy
Languages	French Italian

The film was entered into the 1982 Cannes Film Festival. The film was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film by the U.S. National Board of Review of Motion Pictures.

• Jean-Louis Barrault as Nicolas Edmé Restif de la Bretonne
• Marcello Mastroianni as Casanova, Chevalier de Seingalt
• Hanna Schygulla as Countess Sophie de la Borde
• Harvey Keitel as Thomas Paine
• Jean-Claude Brialy as Monsieur Jacob
• Andréa Ferréol as Madame Adélaïde Gagnon
• Michel Vitold as De Florange
• Laura Betti as Virginia Capacelli
• Pierre Malet as Emile Delage, student revolutionary
• Enzo Jannacci as the Italian clown
• Daniel Gélin as De Wendel
• Didi Perego as Madame Sauce
• Caterina Boratto as Madame Faustine
• Dora Doll as Nanette Precy
• Hugues Quester as Jean-Louis Romeuf
• Jean-Louis Trintignant as Monsieur Sauce
• Michel Piccoli as King Louis XVI