Whenever someone hears the name Casanova, one can not help but imagine a swauve, great looking guy that could sweep any girl off her feet. In the film Casanova, starring Heath Ledger and Sienna Miller, this is the exact character that Ledger plays. This romantic comedy/ drama is "a partially true story about lies told, virtue lost, and love found." This film not only offers an hour and 48 minutes worth of  entertainment, but shows a lovely portrayal of a non standard female gender role, played by Miller's character. In the century that this film is set in, women are usually portrayed as house wifes and as women who need a man in order to have a place in society. Women in this time period do not work, or provide for their family, they simply look pretty and attend social functions. Miller's character was a writer, she was an independent woman with thoughts and ideas of her own, but could only publish her work under a nomme de plume, which means, another name. The name she would use to publish her work was Bernarndo Guardi, which was of course male, since women were not allowed to publish such things in those days. Within the time period of the film, the male standard gender role is seen through out the movie with almost every male character. Ledger's character, Casanova, portrays this gender role very well. He is a man that any woman would want; he has no problem using women as objects and not seeing them as equals. His standard male gender role slightly begins to change to a non standard male gender role when he meets Miller's character. He begins to see how independent a woman can be and that makes him re-think the way he sees women in general. Overall, this is a fun film to see, even though it is set in a century many people might not be ale to relate to, the characters are timeless and can still relate with anyone in the world today.

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