1990 · drama · romance
Cyrano de Bergerac (1990)
Directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau2h 17m1990
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.
Our read: Cyrano de Bergerac (1990) (1990) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded drama · romance entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, steady, measured drama / romance, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
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