Gerard depardieu made this character and movie completely his own, and rappeneau managed to make all the members of the love triangle. Gerard depardieu assumed the lead role in paul rappeneaus 1990 film. Out to buy on bluray, download and to stream on the bfi player on february 24. French teacher, teaching french, great films, good movies. His one curse in his life, he feels, is his large nose and although it may have been a forming influence in his rapiersharp wit, he believes that roxane will reject him. Check out our revolutionary sidebyside summary and analysis. Cyrano, the charismatic swordsmanpoet with the absurd. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. This version is the first filmed version to use every line of rostands play, in french of course. Anne brochet, gerard depardieu, vincent perez synopsis.
He is one of the most prolific character actors in film history, having completed over 170 movies since 1967. A heroic soldierpoet, with a rapier wit and an equally sharp rapier thrust not to mention the most celebrated nose in literature with the possible exception of pinocchios. The film was a coproduction between companies in france and hungary. This was the turn that made gerard depardieu an international star, winning him the best actor award at cannes and an. Nous ne pouvions nous contenter dune simple mise en. Out to buy on blu ray, download and to stream on the bfi player on february 24. Vincent perez, gerard depardieu and anne brochet directed by jeanpaul rappeneau, 1990. The book is one of the worlds great classic stories and this film enhances its. As to my opinion of this movie, it was the best version available until gerard depardieu did his in french.
He thunders and rages about one moment only to suddenly turn ethereal and wax poetic the next. He is one of the most prolific character actors in film history, having completed more than 170 films since 1967. Practice makes perfect complete french grammar, premium third edition french edition. There is a very good elevenminute interview in english with the wonderful gerard depardieu, and an equally good sixteenminute interview in english with the screenwriter jeanclaude carriere. The garutso balanced lens is an insitu camera lens effectively simulating a faux 3d effect by keeping the foreground and background in focus at the same time. Gerard depardieu is an unstoppable force of nature as the eloquent but hotheaded cyrano. With gerard depardieu, anne brochet, vincent perez, jacques weber.
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