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Cyrano de Bergerac
1990
· Movie
· 137 min
B
MEANRANK
79/100
Every rating
58–100
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 58, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 100. Critics average 90, everyone else 76.
See the most agreed on films →A brilliant French soldier and poet is cursed with a grotesquely large nose. He believes his appearance makes him unworthy of the love of his beautiful cousin, Roxane. When she confides that she loves a handsome but inarticulate young soldier, Cyrano offers to help him win her heart by writing the young man's eloquent love letters for him.
Details
- Director
- Jean-Paul Rappeneau
- Writers
- Jean-Claude Carrière, Jean-Paul Rappeneau
- Based on
- Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand
- Studio
- Hachette Première, Camera One, UGC, DD Productions
- Released
- 28 March 1990
- Country
- France
- Language
- French
- Runtime
- 137 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Box office
- $5.8M
- Awards
- 28 wins, 23 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 51 →15 major awards won · 28 wins from 51 nominations across 15 ceremonies
| César Awards (1994) 1994 | César des Césars | Jean-Paul Rappeneau | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1990 | Best Costume Design | Franca Squarciapino | Winner |
| Cannes Film Festival 1990 | Best Actor | Gérard Depardieu | Winner |
| Cannes Film Festival 1990 | Technical Grand Prize | Pierre Lhomme | Winner |
| César Awards (1990) 1990 | Best Cinematography | Pierre Lhomme | Winner |
| César Awards (1990) 1990 | Best Costume Design | Franca Squarciapino | Winner |
| César Awards (1990) 1990 | Best Editing | Noëlle Boisson | Winner |
| César Awards (1990) 1990 | Best Original Music | Jean-Claude Petit | Winner |
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César Awards (1990)
13 nominations, 10 won
| Best Actor | Gérard Depardieu | Winner |
| Best Cinematography | Pierre Lhomme | Winner |
| Best Costume Design | Franca Squarciapino | Winner |
| Best Director | Jean-Paul Rappeneau | Winner |
| Best Editing | Noëlle Boisson | Winner |
| Best Film | Jean-Paul Rappeneau | Winner |
| Best Original Music | Jean-Claude Petit | Winner |
| Best Production Design | Ezio Frigerio | Winner |
| Best Sound | Pierre Gamet and Dominique Hennequin | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actor | Jacques Weber | Winner |
| Best Actress | Anne Brochet | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay or Adaptation | Jean-Claude Carrière and Jean-Paul Rappeneau | Nominee |
| Most Promising Actor | Vincent Pérez | Nominee |
Cannes Film Festival
3 nominations, 2 won
| Best Actor | Gérard Depardieu | Winner |
| Technical Grand Prize | Pierre Lhomme | Winner |
| Palme d'Or | Jean-Paul Rappeneau | Nominee |
Academy Awards
5 nominations, 1 won
| Best Costume Design | Franca Squarciapino | Winner |
| Best Actor | Gérard Depardieu | Nominee |
| Best Art Direction | Art Direction: Ezio Frigerio ; Set Decoration: Jacques Rouxel | Nominee |
| Best Foreign Language Film | France | Nominee |
| Best Makeup | Michèle Burke and Jean-Pierre Eychenne | Nominee |
César Awards (1994)
1 nomination, 1 won
| César des Césars | Jean-Paul Rappeneau | Winner |
Golden Globe Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Language Film | France | Winner |
British Academy Film Awards
8 nominations, 3 won
| Best Cinematography | Pierre Lhomme | Winner |
| Best Costume Design | Franca Squarciapino | Winner |
| Best Make-Up | Jean-Pierre Eychenne and Michèle Burke | Winner |
| Best Actor in a Leading Role | Gérard Depardieu | Nominee |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Jean-Paul Rappeneau and Jean-Claude Carrière | Nominee |
| Best Film Not in the English Language | Rene Cleitman, Michel Seydoux, and Jean-Paul Rappeneau | Nominee |
| Best Original Film Score | Jean-Claude Petit | Nominee |
| Best Production Design | Ezio Frigerio | Nominee |
Nastro d'Argento
3 nominations, 2 won
| Best Costume Design | Franca Squarciapino | Winner |
| Best Production Design | Ezio Frigerio | Winner |
| European Silver Ribbon | Jean-Paul Rappeneau | Nominee |
London Film Critics Circle Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Actor of the Year | Gérard Depardieu | Winner |
| Foreign Language Film of the Year | France | Winner |
National Board of Review Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Foreign Language Film | France | Winner |
| Top Five Foreign Language Films | Winner |
European Film Awards
6 nominations, 1 won
| Best Production Design | Ezio Frigerio and Franca Squarciapino | Winner |
| Best Actor | Gérard Depardieu | Nominee |
| Best Actress | Anne Brochet | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography | Pierre Lhomme | Nominee |
| Best Film | France | Nominee |
| Best Film Composer | Jean-Claude Petit | Nominee |
David di Donatello Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Foreign Film | Jean-Paul Rappeneau | Winner |
| Best Foreign Actor | Gérard Depardieu | Nominee |
British Society of Cinematographers Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Cinematography in a Theatrical Feature Film | Pierre Lhomme | Winner |
Toronto International Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| People's Choice Award | Jean-Paul Rappeneau | Winner |
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards
2 nominations
| Best Actor | Gérard Depardieu | Nominee |
| Best Foreign Language Film | Nominee |
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Film | Jean-Paul Rappeneau | Nominee |