The film was a coproduction between companies in france and hungary. Nous ne pouvions nous contenter dune simple mise en. In february 2009 an academy award edition was released by umbrella. Remains the best version made of cyrano, with gerard depardieu magnificent in the role, with. Embarrassed by his large nose, a romantic poetsoldier romances his cousin by proxy.
French teacher, teaching french, great films, good movies. The film was first broadcast on pbs great performances on 7 january 2009. 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. The entire play is written in verse, in rhyming couplets of twelve syllables per line, very close to the alexandrine format, but the verses sometimes lack. Gerard depardieu was born in chateauroux, indre, france, to anne jeanne josephe marillier and rene maxime lionel depardieu, who was a metal worker and fireman.
Gerard depardieu made this character and movie completely his own, and rappeneau managed to make all the members of the love triangle. The book is one of the worlds great classic stories and this film enhances its. Faite par jeanclaude carriere et jeanpaul rappeneau, ladaptation raccourcit par endroits le texte d. The film was a coproduction between companies in france and hungary the film is the first theatrical film version of rostands original. Everything about this production is absolute perfection.
With gerard depardieu, anne brochet, vincent perez, jacques weber. The film actually brings to the cinema an adaptation of a play based on the life. The production captures the 2007 broadway revival, recorded before a live audience. Reviewed in the united kingdom on january 14, 2009. Possibly the best french film since les enfants du paradis. It stars gerard depardieu, anne brochet and vincent perez. The film was first broadcast on pbs great performances on 7.
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