That Night in Varennes
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Drama
June 1791. When the controversial novelist Restif de la Bretonne sees Queen Marie-Antoinette’s lady-in-waiting secretly leaving Paris one evening, he concludes that King Louis XVI and his family have already fled the capital. Determined to satisfy his curiosity, he sets off in pursuit, and, en route, meets none other than the one-time master seducer, Casanova. Somehow, the two men find themselves in the same coach as the queen’s ... [+]