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Release year: 2018

Storyline

December 1897, Paris. Edmond Rostand is not yet thirty but already two children and a lot of anxieties. He has not written anything for two years. In desperation, he offers the great Constant Coquelin a new play, a heroic comedy, in verse, for the holidays. Only concern: it is not written yet. Ignoring the whims of actresses, the demands of his Corsican producers, the jealousy of his wife, the stories of his best friend's heart and the lack of enthusiasm of all those around him, Edmond starts writing this piece which nobody believes. For now, he has only the title: "Cyrano de Bergerac".

Top credits

Directors

Alexis Michalik

Writers

Alexis Michalik

Cast

Thomas Solivérès — Edmond Rostand
Olivier Gourmet — Constant Coquelin
Mathilde Seigner — Maria Legault
Tom Leeb — Léonidas Léo Volny

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Did you know

• Alexis Michalik was inspired by Shakespeare in Love (1998) and sought to write a similar film about the creation of a French play, choosing "Cyrano de Bergerac" as he felt it was the biggest "hit" of French theatre and left its mark on its author Edmond Rostand. Michalik couldn't find anyone interested to finance the film however and set it aside, until he saw a stage production of "Shakespeare in Love" and decided to turn his script into a play. The play was massive success, leading film studios to be interested in adapting it for film.

• To turn the scene of the death of Cyrano, Alexis Michalik chose to leave the theater for the natural setting of the cloister of a convent.

• This film features an extract from "La Sortie des Ouvriers de l'Usine Lumière" (third version, Lumière catalogue N°91)

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