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Cezanne and I
Cézanne et moi
Director
Danièle Thompson
Cast
Guillaume Gallienne, Guillaume Canet
Producer
Albert Koski
Screenwriter
Danièle Thompson
Distributor
PATHÉ INTERNATIONAL, THE UNOBSTRUCTED VIEW, MAGNOLIA PICTURES
Filmography
La Bûche (1999), Fauteuils d'orchestre (2005), Des gens qui s'embrassent (2013)
The closest of friends, Paul Cézanne (Guillaume Gallienne) and Émile Zola (Guillaume Canet), leave their hometown of Aix for Paris and soon join the 1890s Montmartre in-crowd. The two are rebels, sharing hopes and doubts, drinking, carousing and skirt-chasing. They share absolutely everything. They hang at the same haunts, sleep with the same women, and share a growing disdain for the bourgeoisie. They judge, admire and confront each other. Zola’s writing brings him fame, fortune, and international renown, while Cézanne remains unknown. They lose contact and reconnect like old lovers who never stop loving each other.
Director Danièle Thompson’s historical biopic features an extraordinary cast. Not to be missed!
Director Danièle Thompson’s historical biopic features an extraordinary cast. Not to be missed!
“I left the cinema, after the screening, trembling. Guillaume Canet truly captured the intensity in Zola’s gaze. We see everything through that look in his eyes...”.
Martine Le Blond-Zola,
great granddaughter of the writer.
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