Review of Cyrano de Bergerac (1990) by Matthew T — 07 Dec 2007

A stunning lyrical, poetic movie. Depardieu is astoundingly good. Watch it!

This review of Cyrano de Bergerac (1990) was written by Matthew T on 07 Dec 2007.

Cyrano de Bergerac has generally received very positive reviews.

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