An immediate hit upon its first paris production, the story has lived on as the ultimate romance, cherished equally for the affection two men hold for the woman they both love one secretly and for the great sacrifice one friend makes for another. Although he was a star in the french cinema for years, gerard. Anne brochet, gerard depardieu, jacques weber director. 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. It stars gerard depardieu, anne brochet and vincent perez. This is the one film that made gerard depardieu a worldwide superstar. Gerard depardieu stars as the iconic, bighearted, bignosed swashbuckler in this classic of french cinema marking its 30th anniversary. Gerard depardieu anne brochet vincent perez jacques weber. This classic piece of french literature is based on real events largely adapted, and while it is a stage play, the skill of transposing the play to the silver screen is a feat. The film was the first motion picture version in english of rostands play, though there were several earlier adaptations in different languages. He is in love with a woman named roxanne, but he believes that she could never love him because of his nose. The film was a coproduction between companies in france and hungary the film is the first theatrical film version of rostands original. 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.
Foreign language film, art directionset decoration, costume design won. Then he finds a way to express his love to her, indirectly. He has never expressed his love for her as he his large nose undermines his selfconfidence. Im also surprised that, as something of a swashbuckler, the movie. Foreign language film, art directionset decoration, costume. Detailed explanations, analysis, and citation info for every important quote on litcharts. Before you can add any subtitle file to any movie, you must make sure the exact srt file for the particular movie format is downloaded from the right source, such as below are the. Gerard depardieu, anne brochet, vincent perez director. For all his satire of the french aristocracy of the time, he delights in conveying the places of 17th century francehere, the kinds of small shops that were disappearing during rostands lifetime.
Teach your students to analyze literature like litcharts does. Everything about this production is absolute perfection. Recreating his stage role, jose ferrer stars as edmond rostands cyrano, a 17thcentury french cavalier, poet and swordsman whose prominent proboscis is the subject of many a duel. It is a film which must be shown to all connoisseurs of french culture as it makes for the most perfect introduction to french civilization. Edmond rostand play, jeanpaul rappeneau adaptation, jeanclaude carriere adaptation actors. Jeanpaul rappeneau 5 minutes 3388334500296 region 2 encoding this dvd will not play on. It uses poet brian hooker s 1923 english blank verse translation as the basis for its screenplay. Before you can add any subtitle file to any movie, you must make sure the exact srt file for the particular movie format is downloaded from the right source, such as below are the steps to add to any movie player you are using to start.
Cyrano, the charismatic swordsmanpoet with the absurd nose, hopelessly. Embarrassed by his large nose, a romantic poetsoldier romances his cousin by proxy. With gerard depardieu, anne brochet, vincent perez, jacques weber. Jeanpaul rappeneau 5 minutes 3388334500296 region 2 encoding this dvd will not play on most dvd players sold in the us or canada region 1. This film also won 2 academy awards in 1990best foriegn film, and best. Large database of subtitles for movies, tv series and anime at opensubtitles. Translated from the french by gladys thomas and mary f. The film was a coproduction between companies in france and hungary. A famous french actor, constantbenoit coquelin, persuaded rostand to write a play that would showcase his wide range of acting abilities. Project gutenberg offers 61,832 free ebooks to download.
The film was the first motion picture version in english of rostands play, though there were several. It uses poet brian hookers 1923 english blank verse translation as the basis for its screenplay. Before you can add any subtitle file to any movie, you must make sure the exact srt file for the particular movie format is downloaded from the right source, such as. Below are the steps to add to any movie player you are using to start. The greatness of cyrano is universal as he teaches us some of the most essential human values such as friendship,love, sadness and. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times.
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