A 155-minute French nose joke that'll make you ugly-cry in public.
A regular performer of the great works of the French repertoire, Jean Liermier takes pride of place in the most popular of them. With the help of the great Gilles Privat—who embodies a Cyrano who is as effervescent as he is melancholic—the director creates a very personal version of this romantic tragicomedy. A sensitive version that stays true to the poet Rostand, telling the story of a storyteller. Cyrano takes us on the adventures of his life. As if he wanted to shout: "Theater is dead: long live theater!"
Acting
Gilles Privat's Cyrano is effervescent, broken, unforgettable.
Direction
Liermian's meta-theatrical framing: 'Theater is dead, long live theater!'
Writing
Rostand's verse preserved and weaponized with modern urgency.
Director
Jean Liermier
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This 2017 capture of Liermier's stage production was filmed in a single night with four cameras, preserving the live electricity Privat built over years in the role.
Rostand wrote Cyrano in 1897 as a rejection of French naturalism; Liermier's 2017 revival weaponizes that same romantic excess against our irony-poisoned age.
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