Ferrer won an academy award for his portrayal of cyrano and the 1990 movie received five nominations, including ones for depardieu and for best foreign film. Embarrassed by his large nose, a romantic poetsoldier romances his cousin by proxy. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Read on wikipedia edit history talk page print download pdf. Studying all the existing movie versions, some seven in all, only further depressed him.
If you like or even love the story, it is a dvd, you will watch again and again. For whatever its worth in this postfeminist age, huston plays the hard case. Barmas tv version of 1960 with daniel sorano in the leading role also recently released on dvd remains my favorite for the homogeneity of the cast but. Unfortunately it has also been poorly represented in many movies. 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 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. Perfect for acing essays, tests, and quizzes, as well as for writing lesson plans.
Gerard depardieu s grand performance as the facially disgraced swordsmanpoet sets a new standard with which all future cyranos will have to reckon. Depardieu brings the largerthanlife cyrano to the screen without devouring the scenery. This physical attribute has caused cyrano to believe that no woman could. The words seem to glide effortlessly off of gerard depardieus. The royal shakespeare companys stage production of the story about the largenosed swordsmanpoet who writes love letters to roxane, the woman he adores, to court her for the handsome christian whom she loves. The royal shakespeare companys stage production of the story about the largenosed swordsmanpoet who writes love letters to roxane. Fr voir cyrano film complet depardieu streaming vf. As to my opinion of this movie, it was the best version available until gerard depardieu did his in french worth learning the language if only for. Boek maken downloaden als pdf printvriendelijke versie. Depardieu, one of frances leading actors one who makes so many. Cyrano is more than a career culmination for depardieu.
Depardieu, one of frances leading actors one who makes so. 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 was a coproduction between companies in france and hungary. The play reminds us that we all place huge emphasis on looks, and that individuals shape how they see themselves by the way others see them. The subtitles in this movie are done so well, one almost forgets the movie was done in french.