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Cézanne and I

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Painter Paul Cézanne (Guillaume Gallienne) develops a strong friendship with writer Émile Zola (Guillaume Canet) in 19th-century France.
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J. R. Jones Chicago Reader 04/27/2017
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). Go to Full Review
Ann Hornaday Washington Post 04/20/2017
2.5/4
It's a touching evocation of friendship, brotherly competition and artistic courage at the cusp of a new century. Go to Full Review
Wendy Ide Observer (UK) 04/17/2017
3/5
The film wears its luxuriant production design with the same satisfaction as the newly wealthy Zola does his brocade dressing gown. Go to Full Review
Leo Brady AMovieGuy.com 02/15/2021
3/4
Cezanne and I is a film about friendship conflicting with creation. Go to Full Review
David Walsh World Socialist Web Site 02/10/2021
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? Go to Full Review
Erin Blackwell Bay Area Reporter 06/08/2020
Alas, Paul Cezanne and his friend Emile Zola, the titular "Me," are not so well-served by director Daniele Thompson. Go to Full Review
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08/01/2020 A tad heavy on friends-who-show-their-artistic-passion-and-love-to-each-other-by-constantly-yelling, but otherwise enjoyable! See more 04/08/2017 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. See more 01/21/2017 Colorful, with a boring directing. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

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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