World Literature Masterpieces - Cyrano de Bergerac
- 11 Feb 2016 - 11 Feb 2016
- | Bibliotheca Alexandrina
- | Cinema
- | Open to the Public
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Directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau
Cyrano is a brave knight and an intelligent and talented poet, but with his large nose, he is not handsome. He is in love with the beautiful Roxane, who confesses to Cyrano her love for Christian. Cyrano keeps his love a secret and decides to aid Christian by writing love letters and poems to Roxane. Christian is killed in war, and events continue to unfold until Roxane discovers Cyrano’s secret.
Based on the play by Edmond Rostand.
The film is in French with English subtitles.
Fiction – 1990 – 138 minutes