Marcel Proust (1871-1922) is on his deathbed. Looking at photographs brings memories of his childhood Read More »
Tag Archives: Vincent Perez
Based on a True Story AKA D’après une histoire vraie (2017) Roman Polanski, Emmanuelle Seigner, Eva Green, Vincent Perez
Basking in the tremendous success of her debut autobiographical novel dedicated Read More »
The Libertine AKA Le libertin (2000) Gabriel Aghion, Vincent Perez, Fanny Ardant, Josiane Balasko
The ‘philosopher’ (modernist intellectual of the French 18th-century Enlightenment) Denis Diderot Read More »
Swept from the Sea (1997) Beeban Kidron, Rachel Weisz, Vincent Perez, Ian McKellen
The film tells the story of Russian émigré, and the only survivor from ship crash Yanko Goorall Read More »
The Voyage of Captain Fracassa (1990) Ettore Scola, Vincent Perez, Emmanuelle Béart, Massimo Troisi
In the Eighteenth Century, the “Traveling Company of Scenic Arts” composed of Tyrant Read More »
Bride of the Wind (2001) Bruce Beresford, Sarah Wynter, Vincent Perez, Jonathan Pryce
Vienna, 1902: Alma Schindler meets Gustav Mahler. She beautiful, young, plays, and composes: music is her life. Read More »
Cyrano de Bergerac (1990) Jean-Paul Rappeneau, Gérard Depardieu, Anne Brochet, Vincent Perez, Comedy, Drama
A dashing officer of the guard and romantic poet, Cyrano de Bergerac is in love with his cousin Roxane without her knowing. His one curse in his life, he feels, is his large nose and although it may have been a forming influence in his rapier-sharp wit, he believes that Roxane will reject him. He resorts to writing letters to her on behalf of one of his cadets, Christian, who is also in love with Roxane but just doesn’t know how to tell her. She falls for the poetic charm of the letters but believes that they were written by Christian.
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