Cyrano,
My Love
In association with Alliance Française
Comedy, Drama, Historical (2018)
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 one concern, it is not yet written. For now, he only has the title: “Cyrano de Bergerac”.
Director: Alexis Michalik
Writers: Alexis Michalik (adaptation), Alexis Michalik (dialogue)
Stars: Thomas Solivérès, Olivier Gourmet, Mathilde Seigner
France
1h 50min
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IMDB Rating - 7.3
Tomatometer - 81%
“Cyrano, My Love,” written and directed by Alexis Michalik, adapting his own acclaimed play, is a backstage account of the writing and staging of the play. From what I can glean—and I have no special expertise in 19th century French theater, or Rostand, or the real Cyrano—it’s not particularly historically accurate. But it is lively, fast paced, charming and funny, and it showcases an especially delightful comic performance from Belgian and French cinema stalwart Olivier Gourmet.