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Cyrano de Bergerac
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*Cyrano de Bergerac* is a 1990 French film directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Jean-Claude Carrière. The cast includes Gérard Depardieu, Vincent Perez, Anne Brochet, and Jacques Weber. Produced by Michel Seydoux and distributed by UGC, the movie features music by Jean-Claude Petit and cinematography by Pierre Lhomme. It is classified as a romance, drama, and comedy film, with a runtime of 137 or 138 minutes.
The film received an Academy Award for Best Costume Design and was nominated for Best Actor, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, and Best Production Design. It also won the European Film Award for Best Production Designer. Critical reception included a Metascore of 79 and a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Audience scores are 7.5 on IMDb and 7.317 on TMDb. The production was rated PG and generated $5,822,041 in revenue.
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7.3Famed swordsman and poet Cyrano de Bergerac is in love with his cousin Roxane. He has never expressed his love for her as he his large nose undermines his self-confidence. Then he finds a way to express his love to her, indirectly.
Cast
- Gérard Depardieu as Cyrano de Bergerac
- Anne Brochet as Madeleine 'Roxane' Robin
- Vincent Perez as Christian de Neuvillette
- Jacques Weber as Count of Guiche
- Roland Bertin as Ragueneau
- Philippe Morier-Genoud as 'Le Bret'
Themes
- new love
- paris, france
- fencing
- love letter
- poet
- nose
- inferiority complex
- based on play or musical
- unrequited love
- long nose
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Ratings
IMDb
7.5/10
26,845 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
100%
Metacritic
79/100
- Year
- 1990
- Runtime
- 137 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, History
- Rated
- PG
- Awards
- Won 1 Oscar. 31 wins & 29 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Jean-Paul Rappeneau
- Written by
- Jean-Claude Carrière , Jean-Paul Rappeneau
- Based on
- Cyrano de Bergerac , 1897 play , by Edmond Rostand
- Produced by
- René Cleitman, Michel Seydoux , André Szots
- Starring
- Gérard Depardieu
- Cinematography
- Pierre Lhomme
- Edited by
- Noëlle Boisson
- Music by
- Jean-Claude Petit
- Distributed by
- UGC
- Release date
- 28 March 1990 ( 1990-03-28 ) (France)
- Running time
- 137 minutes
- Countries
- France, Hungary
- Language
- French
- Budget
- $15.3 million
- Box office
- $41.3 million
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Encyclopedic overview
Cyrano de Bergerac is a 1990 French period comedy-drama film directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau and based on the 1897 play of the same name by Edmond Rostand, adapted by Jean-Claude Carrière and Rappeneau. It stars Gérard Depardieu, Anne Brochet and Vincent Perez. The film was a co-production between companies in France and Hungary.
The film is the first feature film version of Rostand's original play in colour, and the second theatrical film version of the play in the original French. It is also considerably more lavish and more faithful to the original than previous film versions of the play. The film had 4,732,136 admissions in France.
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