Synopsis
Famed 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.
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Cast
- Gérard DepardieuCyrano de Bergerac
- Anne BrochetMadeleine 'Roxane' Robin
- Vincent PerezChristian de Neuvillette
- Jacques WeberCount of Guiche
- Roland BertinRagueneau
- Philippe Morier-Genoud'Le Bret'
- Pierre MaguelonCarbon de Castel-Jaloux
- Josiane StoléruThe Duenna
- Alain RimouxThe Father
- Anatole DelalandeThe Child
Recommendations
- 100
Empire
An epic film brimming over with life, romance, humour, comedy and the sheer panache of Depardieu's Cyrano. - 90
Los Angeles Times
Well-nigh flawless, with scarcely a moment's lull. [18 Dec 1990, p.F1] - 88
Chicago Sun-Times
A splendid movie not just because it tells its romantic story, and makes it visually delightful, and centers it on Depardieu, but for a better reason: The movie acts as if it believes this story. Depardieu is not a satirist - not here, anyway. He plays Cyrano on the level, for keeps. - 80
Rolling Stone
The antique charms of the story can still seduce us when done well, and director Jean-Paul Rappeneau, who freely adapted the play with Jean-Claude Carrière, knows how to fashion a sumptuously beautiful, hugely entertaining spectacle that also stays alert to the cadences of the heart. - 80
TV Guide Magazine
A virtuoso update. Gerard Depardieu's Cyrano is nothing short of magnificent. - 80
Washington Post
Cyrano de Bergerac is played full tilt, like Don Quixote against the windmills. An enthusiastic melodrama, it spills emotions like stars across the noble screen. - 70
The New York Times
With its screenplay adapted from Rostand by Mr. Rappeneau and Jean-Claude Carriere, the movie is really memorable, though, only for the Depardieu performance, and for the chance it gives us to hear the original French verse. - 70
Time Out
Rappeneau's movie-making demonstrates an unshowy confidence in itself and its subject that is wholly justifiable.
