Tue, Dec 7, 1971
The act of impulsively throwing a stone through a window sparks off a chain of memories from Casanova. He thinks back on his Venetian prison experiences while watching the torture and execution of Robert-François Damiens, would-be assassin of Louis XV, from the window of a Parisian apartment. Later, in Grenoble, his memories of both occasions haunt him as he is drawn to a pious young woman he sees at a Vivaldi concert and seduces her compulsively despite his friend Valenglart's warnings.
Tue, Dec 14, 1971
On a journey to London, Casanova meets an Englishman so boneheaded he might almost be Lorenzo's double, and reunites with Schalon, whose pomposity has only grown since his release. Finding that his charms do not work on English ladies, he advertises for a female tenant with the intent of seducing her, but the plan turns sour when he finds himself genuinely falling in love. Obsessed with and repulsed by sex, Casanova wonders whether he is any freer than he was in prison.