While Shakespeare has written most of the romantic plays that dominate theater today, there was one play from across the English Channel that also keeps its hold in the public consciousness, namely Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand. Cyrano, My Love depicts the process of creating the iconic play a la Shakespeare in Love, that is, by taking the actual play’s history and jumbling it up with the plot of Cyrano, with art reinventing life and vice versa. It’s a bit of a corny approach, but the way writer-director Alexis Michalik adapts his play is entertaining, leaning more on the frenzy of creation and collaboration rather than cramming Rostand’s romance with his wife into a cinematic plot. This makes Edmond a much more dynamic profile of the titular playwright.
Genre: Comedy, History
Actor: Alexis Michalik, Alice de Lencquesaing, Antoine Duléry, Bernard Blancan, Blandine Bellavoir, Clémentine Célarié, Constance Labbé, Dominique Besnehard, Dominique Pinon, Guillaume Bouchède, Igor Gotesman, Jean-Michel Martial, Jeanne Arènes, Lionel Abelanski, Lucie Boujenah, Marc Andréoni, Marc Citti, Mathilde Seigner, Maud Baecker, Micha Lescot, Nicolas Briançon, Olivier Gourmet, Simon Abkarian, Sophie de Fürst, Thomas Solivérès, Tom Leeb
Director: Alexis Michalik
Rating: R
