That Night in Varennes

That Night in Varennes (Italian: Il mondo nuovo; French: La Nuit de Varennes) is a 1982 French-Italian drama film directed by Ettore Scola.[1] 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
Produced by	Renzo Rossellini
Written by	Sergio Amidei Ettore Scola
Based on	La Nuit de Varennes ou l'Impossible n'est pas français by Catherine Rihoit
Starring	Jean-Louis Barrault Marcello Mastroianni Hanna Schygulla Harvey Keitel
Music by	Armando Trovajoli
Cinematography	Armando Nannuzzi
Edited by	Raimondo Crociani
Distributed by	Triumph Releasing Corporation (USA)
Release date	15 May 1982 (1982-05-15)
Country	France Italy
Language	French Italian

The film was entered into the 1982 Cannes Film Festival.[2] The film was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film by the U.S. National Board of Review of Motion Pictures.[3]