Cyrano de bergerac film depardieu

Cyrano is played by gerard depardieu, the most popular actor in france, who won the best actor award at the cannes film festival last may. Depardieu s must be the definitive cyrano, the cyrano that will make all other actors hesitate before they take on the role. Depardieus must be the definitive cyrano, the cyrano that will make all other actors hesitate before they take on the role. Foreign language film, art directionset decoration, costume. Rappeneau gives the visuals a painterly quality, the colours are rich and the lurking shadows provide atmosphere and a sense of brooding danger. Depardieus must be the definitive cyrano, the cyrano that will make all other actors. 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. The film actually brings to the cinema an adaptation of a play based on the life of the adventurer and poet by edmond one of the best french films of the late twentieth century.

With gerard depardieu, anne brochet, vincent perez, jacques weber. The performance of depardieu is just outstanding, possibly the best i have seen of this great actor. When the handsome christian too falls for roxanne, cyrano agrees to help him woo her through loveletters under christians name. This physical attribute has caused cyrano to believe that no woman could. This production was originally staged by american conservatory theater and shown on pbs as part of the theater in america series. It stars gerard depardieu, anne brochet and vincent perez. Gerard depardieu gives a towering performance as the title character in this lavish, cinematic, and poetic adaptation of edmond rostands. The film was a coproduction between companies in france and hungary the film is the first theatrical film version of rostands original. This is a masterpiece to be enjoyed in its original language.