Cézanne et moi

20162016
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1h 57min

6.0/10

The parallel paths of the lives, careers and passionate friendship of post-impressionist painter Paul Cezanne and novelist Emile Zola. Both left their hometown to conquer the art scene in Pa... Read allThe parallel paths of the lives, careers and passionate friendship of post-impressionist painter Paul Cezanne and novelist Emile Zola. Both left their hometown to conquer the art scene in Paris.The parallel paths of the lives, careers and passionate friendship of post-impressionist painter Paul Cezanne and novelist Emile Zola. Both left their hometown to conquer the art scene in Paris.

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Cézanne et Moi Official Trailer

Sabine Azéma, Isabelle Candelier, Guillaume Canet, Guillaume Gallienne, Christian Hecq, Gérard Meylan, Luc Palun, Laurent Stocker, Danièle Thompson, Corinne Puget, Nicolas Gob, Didier Constant, Romain Lancry, Alice Pol, Félicien Juttner, Déborah François, Virginie Colemyn, Julie Villers, Sophie de Fürst, Flore Babled, Freya Mavor, Hugo Fernandes, Romain Cottard, Damien Zanoly, Patrice Tepasso, Pierre Yvon, Carole Labouze, Tamara Vittoz, Frank Cicurel, Philippine Pierre-Brossolette, Lucien Belvès, Jérémy Nebot, Alexia Giordano, Nicolas Messica, Pablo Cisneros, Emilie Alfieri, Agathe Goussard, Alexandre Kouchner, and Maud-Anaïs Poudra in Cézanne et moi (2016)

Guillaume Canet and Alice Pol in Cézanne et moi (2016)

Danièle Thompson in Cézanne et moi (2016)

Sabine Azéma, Guillaume Canet, Guillaume Gallienne, Danièle Thompson, Nicolas Gob, Alice Pol, Félicien Juttner, Sophie de Fürst, Hugo Fernandes, Romain Cottard, Pierre Yvon, Carole Labouze, Lucien Belvès, Jérémy Nebot, Nicolas Messica, Emilie Alfieri, Agathe Goussard, Alexandre Kouchner, and Maud-Anaïs Poudra in Cézanne et moi (2016)

Director
- Danièle Thompson
Writer
- Danièle Thompson(scenario) (dialogue)
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Cezanne et Moi traces the parallel paths of the lives, careers and passionate friendship of post-impressionist painter Paul Cezanne and novelist Emile Zola. The two boys grew up in Aix-en-Provence. Emile was fatherless and poor. Paul came from a wealthy family. As young men, dreaming of glory and beautiful women, they left the south to conquer the art scene in Paris. Soon Emile had it all, success, money, and the perfect wife, and embraced the very bourgeoisie he mocked in his books. Meanwhile, Cezanne rejected the Parisian scene to focus only on his work, ignored by his peers and the establishment.

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Genres
- Biography
- Drama
Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- Rated R for language, sexual references and nudity
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Trivia
Director Danièle Thompson originally wanted to write a theatre piece about the relationship between Cézanne and Zola, but fellow director Mike Nichols convinced her that a film would do the subject more justice.

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Epilogue: "Jeanne and their two children brought unexpected happiness. Alexandrine ended up accepting the difficulties of a double life. Emma Zola's courage and commitment changed the course of history. In 1902, a clogged chimney resulted in Emile's strange death. It is said that upon hearing of his passing, Paul spent days crying."

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Jean de la lune
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5/10

Anachronistic French dialogue

As a native French speaker, I have to say that the biggest drawback for me was the very anachronistic nature of the dialogue. There was no effort to mimic French as it might have been spoken at the end of the 19th century. Instead, we get modern swear words, modern turns of phrase, etc. Sure, some of them already existed back then. But the story still takes place more than a century ago and you'd expect some effort to reflect this in the dialogue. This very modern spoken French cheapens the movie and turns it into some kind of extended-play sitcom. I didn't find Canet all that convincing as Zola either, partly due to the script and partly due to the acting and physical transformation (or lack thereof).

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