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Director:
Josée Dayan
Writer:
Didier Decoin (writer)
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Release Date:
23 October 2000 (USA) more
Genre:
Biography | Drama more
Tagline:
He burned with ambition. He lived for passion.
Plot:
Honoré de Balzac was a man who lived to write. His life was a hard, permanent struggle, from his cold... more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
Very good literary biography more

Cast

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Gérard Depardieu ... Honoré de Balzac
Jeanne Moreau ... Charlotte-Laure
Fanny Ardant ... Eve Hanska
Virna Lisi ... Madame de Berny
Katja Riemann ... Laure d'Abrantès
Claude Rich ... Maitre Plissoud
Gert Voss ... Victor Hugo
Sergio Rubini ... Eugene Sue
François Marthouret ... Docteur Nacquart
Marianne Denicourt ... Adèle Hugo
Gottfried John ... Count Hanska
Pascal Vannson ... Paradis
Hervé Briaux ... Charles Sedillot
Didier Lesour ... Surveillant Bossu
Enguerran Demeulenaere ... Balzac Enfant
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Balzac - Ein Leben voller Leidenschaft (Germany)
Balzac: A Life of Passion (USA)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for some sensuality and brief partial nudity.
Runtime:
180 min (2 parts) | USA:240 min (including commercials) | 60 min (4 episodes)
Country:
France | Italy | Germany
Language:
French
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Stereo
Certification:
USA:PG-13 | Germany:12
Filming Locations:
Paris, France more
Company:
Bravo Cable more

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4 out of 4 people found the following comment useful:-
Very good literary biography, 12 October 2005
8/10
Author: Bob Taylor (bob998@sympatico.ca) from Canada

Usually made-for-TV biographies of artists are pretty silly: there's just too much concern to get all the major works mentioned without taking care also to bring the person to life. I did enjoy Drach's Maupassant, with a terrific Claude Brasseur, and now I've seen Josee Dayan's Balzac and like it a lot.

The actors tear into their parts with such gusto. Depardieu is really feeling his way through the part, and his lover in life as well as in this film, Fanny Ardant, does a great job as Eve Hanska. Virna Lisi as his first lover Mme de Berny was very touching; she knew she couldn't hold on to him forever, given that she was two decades older than Balzac. Jeanne Moreau has got a froggy old woman's voice now, and she uses it to great effect. The lack of any great love between mother and son comes out in their scenes.

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