The woman, a distant relative of his, is so young and in love with a young 'hunkdude' it never occurs to her that the love letters Cyrano sends to her with the young man's name on them are from another. Now is that not relevant to this whole E2experience?!.Ĭyrano an expert swordsman and soldier, woos the woman of his dreams with words. The main character in the play (see above)Ĭyrano is the personification of Judge me by who I am, not how I look. My favorites, for some reason, are the french ones with subtitles. There are several videos of the play performed, and most of them are great.
#What is the best cyrano de bergerac film movie#
Oh yeah, the movie "Roxanne" was extremely loosely based on the play Cyrano De Bergerac, but only in parody. Of course, I'm not giving away the rest of the plot, just in case there's some cretin wandering around Everything who hasn't read it yet. And believe me, Sir de Bergerac is one hell of a poet. Since her chosen is a bit of an idiot, Cyrano writes all his love-letters and poems for him. When Roxane asks him to watch over a young cadet that SHE is in love with (because he's a looker), Cyrano uses the opportunity to love Roxane in his own way. He is in love with his cousin (by marriage!), Roxane, but because Cyrano is exceptionally ugly, he doesn't figure he has a chance. It's also the name of the main character in said play.Ĭyrano is an awesome character, a warrior poet with a big white feather o' freedom jammed in his hat. Cyrano de Bergerac is the title of a play written by Edmund Rostand.