Cyrano de Bergerac (Gérard Depardieu) is the sharp-tongued large-nosed swashbuckling leader of the guards Cadets de Gascogne. He has unrequited love with his cousin Roxane (Anne Brochet). However, she's infatuated with the handsome new recruit Christian de Neuvillette (Vincent Pérez). Christian is tongue-tied and asks for the help of Cyrano. Cyrano writes romantic letters for Christian to give to Roxane. She falls more in love with Christian. Arrogant nobleman Comte de Guiche (Jacques Weber) is also vying for Roxane and orders the Cadets de Gascogne to fight against the Spaniards. Roxane hurriedly marries Christian. Cyrano risks his life everyday to send letters to Roxane while fighting on the front.
The only missing element from Depardieu's Cyrano de Bergerac is some disdain from other women. He's too confident. He's very much the bully early on. Heck he kills a guy even if it's not all his fault. It's not until he has the meeting with Roxane that the other side of him is revealed. The movie gets much better from then on. Depardieu is able to be more complicated. The movie is generally done on a grand scale. The battle is big and the love story is grand tragedy. Although the ending is a little too melodramatic for modern tastes and way too long.
The only missing element from Depardieu's Cyrano de Bergerac is some disdain from other women. He's too confident. He's very much the bully early on. Heck he kills a guy even if it's not all his fault. It's not until he has the meeting with Roxane that the other side of him is revealed. The movie gets much better from then on. Depardieu is able to be more complicated. The movie is generally done on a grand scale. The battle is big and the love story is grand tragedy. Although the ending is a little too melodramatic for modern tastes and way too long.