Cézanne and I

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Cézanne and I

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2017,

1h 54m,

History/

Drama/

Biography

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Painter Paul Cézanne (Guillaume Gallienne) develops a strong friendship with writer Émile Zola (Guillaume Canet) in 19th-century France.

J. R. Jones

Chicago Reader

Apr 27, 2017

The lifelong friendship between painter Paul Czanne and novelist Emile Zola gets a sensitive but occasionally soapy treatment from French writer-director Danile Thompson (Jet Lag).

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Ann Hornaday

Washington Post

Apr 20, 2017

2.5/4

It's a touching evocation of friendship, brotherly competition and artistic courage at the cusp of a new century.

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Wendy Ide

Observer (UK)

Apr 17, 2017

3/5

The film wears its luxuriant production design with the same satisfaction as the newly wealthy Zola does his brocade dressing gown.

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Leo Brady

AMovieGuy.com

Feb 15, 2021

3/4

Cezanne and I is a film about friendship conflicting with creation.

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David Walsh

World Socialist Web Site

Feb 10, 2021

The director apparently wanted to concentrate on Cézanne's private woes and sufferings. But why should that concern and the broader social concern be mutually exclusive?

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Erin Blackwell

Bay Area Reporter

Jun 8, 2020

Alas, Paul Cezanne and his friend Emile Zola, the titular "Me," are not so well-served by director Daniele Thompson.

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Anakin M

Apr 8, 2017

Aside from some interesting shots of the beautiful Provencal landscape, whose colors were, too, exaggerated to look like a painting, the movie offers very little. What's most evident is the research that went into the writing. Still raw and unpolished, the writing doesn't create a coherent story that combines both the story of Cezanne and Zola's bromance, and their art. Several aspects of the movie didn't even ring true. Cezanne is largely portrayed as a loser, hostile and moody, cut off from the Parisian art world. No mention of him being largely admired by his peers (in 1900, Maurice Denis even paints "Homage to Cezanne" with some of the most famous painters of the time, surrounding one of Cezanne's paintings). Even though in real life he rarely drew nudes from life and more from imagination, in the movie we see him drawing nudes from life most of the time. The movie is pretentious for all the wrong reasons, and offers the bare minimum.

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Poe P

Jan 21, 2017

Colorful, with a boring directing.

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Synopsis

Painter Paul Cézanne (Guillaume Gallienne) develops a strong friendship with writer Émile Zola (Guillaume Canet) in 19th-century France.

Director: Danièle Thompson
Producer: Albert Koski
Screenwriter: Danièle Thompson
Distributor: Magnolia Pictures
Production Co: France 2 Cinéma, Pathé, Orange Studio, Alter Films, G Films
Rating: R (Nudity|Language|Sexual References)
Genre: History, Drama, Biography
Original Language: French (France)
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 31, 2017, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 8, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $257.1K
Runtime: 1h 54m

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