Cyrano de Bergerac

Tack vare Gérard Depardieus lysande prestation har man innan filmens slut förälskat sig i Cyrano, delat hans våndor och underhållits av den litterära dialogen kring kärlek och livsfilosofi.

For all its spectacle and splendid all-round performances, however, Cyrano De Bergerac is without doubt Gérard Depardieu's film.

What other actor would have had the courage to go with such determination so far over the top, to milk the pathos so shamelessly, to stagger and groan and weep and moan until it would all be funny?

Your opinion of Ferrer's work will depend upon your taste in acting. This is technique work, like Olivier's. The performance feels outward bound, theatrical, expert in that manner.