Cyrano de Bergerac (1990 film)
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| Cyrano de Bergerac | |
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| Directed by | Jean-Paul Rappeneau |
| Produced by | René Cleitman Michel Seydoux André Szots |
| Written by | Jean-Claude Carrière Jean-Paul Rappeneau Edmond Rostand |
| Starring | Gérard Depardieu |
| Music by | Jean-Claude Petit |
| Cinematography | Pierre Lhomme |
| Distributed by | Orion |
| Release date(s) |  28 March 1990 December, 1990 6 December 1990 |
| Running time | 137 min. |
| Language | French |
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Cyrano de Bergerac is a 1990 French language film based on the 1897 play of the same name by Edmond Rostand. It was directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau and adapted by Jean-Claude Carrière and Jean-Paul Rappeneau. The English subtitles use Anthony Burgess's translation of the text, which preserves the rhyming alexandrines of the original. The film was a co-production between companies in France and Hungary.
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[edit] Synopsis
Cyrano de Bergerac is a Parisian poet/wit and swashbuckler with a large nose of which he is self-conscious and for which he sometimes claims pride. He falls madly in love with his cousin, the beautiful Roxane, but does not believe she will requite his love because he considers himself physically unattractive. Soon he finds that Roxane had fallen for Christian de Neuvillette, a dashing new recruit to the Cadets of Gascogne, a military unit led by Cyrano himself. He decides to help Christian gain Roxanne's love, and aids him with love letters and verse describing the very emotions that he himself feels for Roxanne, only to find later that Roxanne fell in love with Christian because of his eloquence and extraordinary love for her, and not because of his physical beauty. When Christian dies in battle, Cyrano's love for Roxanne remains unknown to her, until a fateful attempt on his life leaves him on death's door. Only then does he reveal to Roxanne his feelings towards her, and then dies tragically.
[edit] Cast list
- Cyrano de Bergerac — Gérard Depardieu
- Roxane — Anne Brochet
- Christian de Neuvillette — Vincent Perez
- Comte de Guiche — Jacques Weber
- Ragueneau — Roland Bertin
- Le Bret — Philippe Morier-Genoud
- Carbon de Castle-Jaloux — Pierre Maguelon
- The Duenna — Josiane Stoléru
- The Child — Anatole Delalande
- The Father — Alain Rimoux
- Vicomte de Valvert — Philippe Volter
- Lignière — Jean-Marie Winling
- The Bore — Louis Navarre
- Montfleury — Gabriel Monnet
- Bellerose — François Marié
[edit] Awards
[edit] Academy Awards
| Award | Person | |
| Best Costume Design | Franca Squarciapino | |
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| Best Actor | Gérard Depardieu | |
| Best Art Direction | Ezio Frigerio Jacques Rouxel |
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| Best Foreign Language Film | France | |
| Best Makeup | Michèle Burke Jean-Pierre Eychenne |
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Gerard Depardieu won the Best Actor award at the Cannes International Film Festival in 1990. The film received several other awards from the French Academy of Cinema in 1990, including awards for Best Film, Best Actor, Best Cinematography, and Best Director. It also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film. It also won an Academy Award for Best Costume Design, and was nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Depardieu), Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Makeup, and Best Foreign Language Film.
[edit] Trivia
This film marked the second time that an actor had been nominated for an Oscar for his portrayal of Cyrano; the first time was in 1950, when José Ferrer was nominated for his performance in the English-language film of Cyrano de Bergerac. Ferrer, however, won his Oscar, while Depardieu did not.
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| Preceded by Cinema Paradiso |
Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film 1988 |
Succeeded by Europa Europa |
