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Cyrano de Bergerac

France

1990

137 Min
Color
1.66:1
French
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DIR Jean-Paul Rappeneau

PROD René Cleitman, Michel Seydoux, André Szots

SCR Jean-Claude Carrière, Jean-Paul Rappeneau, Edmond Rostand

DP Pierre Lhomme

CAST Gérard Depardieu, Anne Brochet, Vincent Perez, Jacques Weber, Roland Bertin, Philippe Morier-Genoud, Pierre Maguelon, Josiane Stoléru, Anatole Delalande, Quentin Ogier

ED Noëlle Boisson

PROD DES Ezio Frigerio

MUSIC Jean-Claude Petit

SOUND Pierre Gamet

Cannes (In Competition): Best Actor, Technical Grand Prize, Toronto: People's Choice Award

Synopsis

A dashing officer of the guard and romantic poet, Cyrano de Bergerac falls in love with his cousin Roxane without her knowing. His one fault in his life, he feels, is his large nose and although it may have been a forming influence in his rapier-sharp wit, he believes that Roxane will reject him. He resorts to writing letters to her on behalf of one of his cadets, Christian, who is also in love with Roxane but just doesn’t know how to tell her. She falls for the poetic charm of the letters but believes that they were written by Christian. –IMDb

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Jean-Paul Rappeneau

Jean-Paul Rappeneau (born 8 April 1932 at Auxerre, Yonne) is a French film director, screenwriter, and actor.

He started out in film as an assistant and screenwriter collaborating with Louis Malle on Zazie dans le metro in 1960 and Vie privee in 1961. In 1964, he was co-screenwriter for L’ Homme de Rio, which starred Jean-Paul Belmondo.

The first film that he both wrote and directed was La Vie de chateau in 1966. Although it was a great critical and popular success, he did not make another film until 1971, when he directed Les Mariés de l’an II, again starring Belmondo and Marlène Jobert.

Since 1975, Rappeneau has written only for his own films, including Le Sauvage, starring Yves Montand and Tout feu tout flamme (1981), again with Montand, who co-starred with Isabelle Adjani.

In 1990, Rappeneau directed a deluxe Technicolor film version of Cyrano de Bergerac, his adaptation of the classic French play by Edmond Rostand, starring Gérard Depardieu in what may… read more

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catch_33

29Apr12

If podcasts float your boat, check mine out where myself and some mates discuss "Cyrano de Bergerac" for our 50th episode: http://lastpictureshowpodcast.com/2012/04/28/episode-50-the-last-picture-show-podcast-celebrates/

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Andréanne Andi Dion

16Apr12

I'm a mess everytime I watch this, such a tragic character!

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Mysterious F.

2Mar11

Depardieu is fantastic in this.

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Bianca

25Feb11

Ay, see how brave they fall, In their last journey downward from the bough, To rot within the clay; yet, lovely still, Hiding the horror of the last decay, With all the wayward grace of careless flight!

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