Cyrano de Bergerac (1990)
- sombre
- intense
Sombre, steady, measured drama / romance, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
How every film is hand-scored →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.
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The shape of Cyrano de Bergerac
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