Cyrano de bergerac gerard depardieu film

Depardieus must be the definitive cyrano, the cyrano that will make all other actors hesitate before they take on the role. Faite par jeanclaude carriere et jeanpaul rappeneau, ladaptation raccourcit par endroits le texte d. He thunders and rages about one moment only to suddenly turn ethereal and wax poetic the next. Vier zwijgende filmversies en drie spreekfilms, allemaal met dezelfde titel, gaan het werk van rappeneau vooraf. Embarrassed by his large nose, a romantic poetsoldier romances his cousin by proxy.

In addition to a number of american awards, depardieu is a chevalier of the legion dhonneur, chevalier of the ordre national du. Gerard depardieu gives a towering performance as the title character in this lavish, cinematic, and poetic adaptation of edmond rostands classic stage drama. Gerard depardieu, anne brochet, vincent perez, jacques weber en. Depardieu s must be the definitive cyrano, the cyrano that will make all other actors hesitate before they take on the role. Cyrano, long nez, belle epee et verbe haut, aime roxane, qui aime christian, auquel cyrano prete ses mots. Edmond rostand, jeanclaude carriere, jeanpaul rappeneau. This retelling of the classic story won the 1991 oscar for best costume design and numerous baftas, as well as the cesar for best. Rappeneau gives the visuals a painterly quality, the colours are rich and the lurking shadows provide atmosphere and a sense of brooding danger. 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. It stars gerard depardieu, anne brochet and vincent perez.

Depardieu has never been better than as the swaggering scribe, his performance enriched by the vigorous direction of jeanpaul rappeneau and lavish period design. Gerard depardieu, french film actor noted for his versatility and for his unusual combination of gentleness and physicality. When the handsome christian too falls for roxanne, cyrano agrees to help him woo her through loveletters under christians name. Gerard depardieu is an unstoppable force of nature as the eloquent but hotheaded cyrano. The lovely anne brochet is a wonderful complement to the blustering cyrano as his unattainable roxane and vincent perez delivers. The film was a coproduction between companies in france and hungary. The words seem to glide effortlessly off of gerard depardieus.