# Goodbye Casanova

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{{Infobox film
| name           = Goodbye Casanova
| image          = Goodbye Casanova.jpg
| caption        = VHS cover
| director       = Mauro Borrelli
| producer       = Mauro Borrelli<br>Jeff Kirshbaum
| writer         = Mauro Borrelli
| starring       = [Yasmine Bleeth](/source/Yasmine_Bleeth)<br />[Carmen Filpi](/source/Carmen_Filpi)<br />Gian-Carlo Scandiuzzi<br />[Pamela Gidley](/source/Pamela_Gidley)<br />[Flea](/source/Flea_(musician))<br />Ellen Bradley
| music          = [Marco Beltrami](/source/Marco_Beltrami)<br>Gianluca Piersanti
| cinematography = [Steven Bernstein](/source/Steven_Bernstein_(filmmaker))
| editing        = M. Edward Salier
| studio         = Eyestrain Production
| distributor    =
| released       = {{Film date|2000}}
| runtime        = 85 minutes
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         =
}}
'''''Goodbye Casanova''''' was a 2000 fantasy-romance film directed by [Mauro Borrelli](/source/Mauro_Borrelli), starring [Yasmine Bleeth](/source/Yasmine_Bleeth), Paul Ganus, [Gian-Carlo Scandiuzzi](/source/Gian-Carlo_Scandiuzzi) and [Flea](/source/Flea_(musician)) (the bassist from [Red Hot Chili Peppers](/source/Red_Hot_Chili_Peppers)).

==Plot==
Robert is an aspiring novelist who operates a tiny neighborhood bookstore. Claudia is his wife and a talented painter.  Robert and Claudia's marriage is disintegrating, and they are about to sign their divorce papers.

Meanwhile, the legendary Casanova and his lover Lavinia are characters trapped inside of a 17th-century children's book. The tragedy of the impending divorce triggers the release of Casanova and Lavinia from the confines of the children's pop-up book.

==Cast==
*[Yasmine Bleeth](/source/Yasmine_Bleeth) as Lavinia
*[Carmen Filpi](/source/Carmen_Filpi) as Festus
*[Pamela Gidley](/source/Pamela_Gidley) as Hilly
*[Flea](/source/Flea_(musician)) as Silent
*[Gian-Carlo Scandiuzzi](/source/Gian-Carlo_Scandiuzzi) as Giacomo Casanova
*[Ellen Bradley](/source/Ellen_Bradley) as Claudia
*[Paul Ganus](/source/Paul_Ganus) as Robert
*[Mario Opinato](/source/Mario_Opinato) as Italian singer (voice)

==Awards==
''Goodbye Casanova'' won the Audience Award at the Los Angeles Italian Film Awards for the director, Mauro Borrelli, in 2000.

The film also won the Feature Film Award for Best Set Design and the award for Best Art Direction for director, Mauro Borelli, at the New York International Independent Film & Video Festival in the Spring of 2001.

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|id=0259333|title=Goodbye Casanova}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20061209125229/http://www.mauroborrelli.com/writer/casanova.html ''Goodbye Casanova'' information]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20061209125123/http://www.mauroborrelli.com/Press/italam.html ''Goodbye Casanova'' press release information]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20061209021013/http://www.mauroborrelli.com/Press/location.html ''Goodbye Casanova'' background information]

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Category:2000 directorial debut films
Category:2000 films
Category:2000 romantic drama films
Category:American television films
Category:Films scored by Marco Beltrami
Category:Films about Giacomo Casanova
Category:Cultural depictions of Giacomo Casanova
Category:2000 English-language films
Category:Films directed by Mauro Borrelli
Category:English-language romantic drama films

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