History Film / CyranoDeBergerac

The film is considered as one of the most faithful and lavish PeriodPiece adaptations of the play to the big screen to this day, and won a number of awards including the César for Best Film and Best Actor (for Depardieu), and the Oscar for Best Costume Design. In 2010, it was ranked #43 in Empire's "The 100 Best Films Of World Cinema" list. To this day, it also holds the distinction of being one of only a small percentage of films to maintain a perfect 100% rating on review aggregator site WebSite/RottenTomatoes.

** In the play, Cyrano runs Valvert through at the end of their duel. In the movie he disarms him and taps his nose, then walks away. But Valvert picks his sword up and charges Cyrano while his back is turned, and so Cyrano ends up wounding him through legit physical self-defense instead of just a duel over honour.

* RemakeCameo: Jacques Weber, who plays the Count de Guiche in the film, played Cyrano in Jérôme Savary's stage version in 1983.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Cyrano distributes them like candies to anyone who gets on his nerves.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: At least half of Cyrano's verses during his duel against Valvert are purely this.

The film is considered as one of the most faithful and lavish adaptations of the play to the big screen to this day, and won a number of awards including the César for Best Film and Best Actor (for Depardieu), and the Oscar for Best Costume Design. In 2010, it was ranked #43 in Empire's "The 100 Best Films Of World Cinema" list. To this day, it also holds the distinction of being one of only a small percentage of films to maintain a perfect 100% rating on review aggregator site WebSite/RottenTomatoes.

* RhymesOnADime: The filmmakers kept the rhymes-based dialogues of the play almost intact instead of seeking more "natural" / streamlined ways to tell the story. And it still worked.

In 17th century Paris, Cyrano de Bergerac is an improvisatory poet and swordsman with a large nose of which he is self-conscious, but pretends to be proud. He is madly in love with his cousin, the beautiful Roxane. However, he does not believe she will requite his love because he considers himself physically unattractive, due to his overly large nose. Soon, he finds out that Roxane has become infatuated with Christian de Neuvillette, a dashing new recruit to the Cadets de Gascogne (the military unit in which Cyrano is serving). Christian however, despite his good looks, is tongue-tied and clueless when speaking with women, lacking Cyrano's talent when it comes to improvise poetry. Seeing an opportunity to vicariously declare his love for Roxane, Cyrano decides to help Christian.

** In the play, Cyrano runs Valvert through at the end of their fuel. In the movie he disarms him and taps his nose, then walks away. But Valvert picks his sword up and charges Cyrano while his back is turned, and so Cyrano ends up wounding him through legit physical self-defense instead of just as a matter of honour.

* AdaptationalHeroism: In the play, Cyrano runs Valvert through at the end of their fuel. In the movie he disarms him and bops his nose, then walks away. But Valvert picks his sword up and charges Cyrano while his back is turned, and so Cyrano ends up wounding him through legit physical self-defense instead of just as a matter of honour.

* MusicalPastiche: The Porte de Nesle scene rips off Music/DannyElfman's ''Film/{{Batman|1989}}'' [[Film/BatmanReturns scores]], of all things. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9QjlIx9ohQ Listen for youself]].

* {{Swashbuckler}}: The film is the most action-packed version of the play to date, with two SwordFight scenes and a war scene.

* RemakeCameo: Francis Weber, who plays the Count de Guiche in the film, played Cyrano in Jérôme Savary's stage version in 1983.

* LargeHam: It is a requirement to be this when playing the role of the boisterous Cyrano of course, but to render it moviewise, someone like Gérard Depardieu was needed. And he didn't disappoint.