Gerard xavier marcel depardieu born 27 december 1948 is a french actor and filmmaker. 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. 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 a strong performance as the. Gerard depardieu, french film actor noted for his versatility and for his unusual combination of gentleness and physicality. Depardieu s must be the definitive cyrano, the cyrano that will make all other actors hesitate before they take on the role. 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.
The subtitles in this movie are done so well, one almost forgets the movie was done in french. Gerard depardieu, anne brochet, vincent perez, jacques weber en. With gerard depardieu, anne brochet, vincent perez, jacques weber. Best foreign film miglior film straniero jeanpaul rappeneau.
Con gerard depardieu, jacques weber, anne brochet, philippe volter, madeleine marion. Gerard depardieu gives a towering performance as the title character in this lavish, cinematic, and poetic adaptation of edmond rostands classic stage drama. Rappeneau gives the visuals a painterly quality, the colours are rich and the lurking shadows provide atmosphere and a sense of brooding danger. Depardieu has never been better than as the swaggering scribe, his performance enriched by the vigorous direction of jeanpaul rappeneau and lavish period design. Depardieus must be the definitive cyrano, the cyrano that will make all other actors hesitate before they take on the role. He thunders and rages about one moment only to suddenly turn ethereal and wax poetic the next.
This physical attribute has caused cyrano to believe that no woman could. The film was a coproduction between companies in france and hungary. The words seem to glide effortlessly off of gerard depardieus. The lovely anne brochet is a wonderful complement to the blustering cyrano as his unattainable roxane and vincent perez delivers. Cyrano, long nez, belle epee et verbe haut, aime roxane, qui aime christian, auquel cyrano prete ses mots. Faite par jeanclaude carriere et jeanpaul rappeneau, ladaptation raccourcit par endroits le texte d. In addition to a number of american awards, depardieu is a chevalier of the legion dhonneur, chevalier of the ordre national du. It stars gerard depardieu, anne brochet and vincent perez.
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