Cézanne and I

2016 film

Cézanne and I

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Cézanne et moi
Directed by| Danièle Thompson
Written by| Danièle Thompson
Produced by| Albert Koski
Starring| Guillaume Canet
Guillaume Gallienne
Alice Pol
Déborah François
Isabelle Candelier
Freya Mavor
Pierre Yvon
Romain Cottard
Romain Lancry
Félicien Juttner
Alexandre Kouchner
Gérard Meylan
Sabine Azéma
Cinematography| Jean-Marie Dreujou
Edited by| Sylvie Landra
Music by| Éric Neveux

Production
companies

G Films
Pathé
Orange Studio
France 2 Cinéma
uMedia
Alter Films

Distributed by| Pathé Distribution

Release date

* 21 September 2016 (2016-09-21)

Running time

| 116 minutes
Country| France
Language| French
Budget| $11.3 million
Box office| $4.3 million[1]

Cézanne and I (original title: Cézanne et moi) is a 2016 French biographical drama film based on the friendship between 19th century novelist Émile Zola and painter Paul Cézanne. The film was written and directed by Danièle Thompson; it stars Guillaume Canet, Guillaume Gallienne, Alice Pol, Déborah François and Sabine Azéma.[2][3] It was named as one of four films on the shortlist for the French submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards.[4]

## Cast

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* Guillaume Canet as Émile Zola
* Lucien Belves as young Émile Zola
* Guillaume Gallienne as Paul Cézanne
* Hugo Fernandez as young Paul Cézanne
* Alice Pol as Alexandrine Zola
* Déborah François as Hortense Cézanne
* Sabine Azéma as Elisabeth Cézanne
* Gérard Meylan as Louis-Auguste Cézanne
* Isabelle Candelier as Emilie Zola
* Freya Mavor as Jeanne
* Laurent Stocker as Ambroise Vollard
* Pierre Yvon as Baptistin Baille
* Jérémy Nebot as young Baptistin Baille
* Félicien Juttner as Guy de Maupassant
* Flore Babled as Angèle Baille
* Romain Cottard as Camille Pissarro
* Alexandre Kouchner as Auguste Renoir
* Romain Lancry as Anchille Emperaire
* Nicolas Gob as Édouard Manet
* Christian Hecq as Père Tanguy
* Sophie de Fürst as Berthe
* Patrice Tepasso as Frédéric Bazille

## Reception

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On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 53% of 49 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 5.4/10.[5] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 54 out of 100, based on 12 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.[6]

## References

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1. ^ "Cézanne et moi (2016)". Jpbox-office.com. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
2. ^ "Cézanne et moi, biopic : mode d'emploi". Le Figaro. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
3. ^ "Guillaume Gallienne : "On n'a jamais été proches avec Guillaume Canet"". PurePeople.com. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
4. ^ "Oscars 2016: "Elle", "Frantz", "Les Innocentes"...: Quel serait le meilleur candidat pour la France?". 20minutes.fr. 13 September 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
5. ^ "Cézanne and I". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
6. ^ "Cézanne and I". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc. Retrieved 8 December 2022.

## External links

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* Cézanne and I at IMDb

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Works directed by Danièle Thompson

* Season's Beatings (1999)
* Jet Lag (2002)
* Avenue Montaigne (2006)
* Le Code a changé (2009)
* Des gens qui s'embrassent (2013)
* Cézanne and I (2016)
* Bardot (2023)

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Paul Cézanne

Paintings|

* List of paintings
* The Negro Scipion (1867)
* The Overture to Tannhäuser (1869)
* L'Estaque, Melting Snow (c. 1871)
* The Hanged Man's House (1873)
* A Modern Olympia (c. 1873-1874)
* L'Après-midi à Naples (c. 1876)
* The Eternal Feminine (c. 1877)
* View of Auvers-sur-Oise (1879–80)
* Three Bathers (1879–1882)
* Portrait of Louis Guillaume (1879–1882)
* Mont Sainte-Victoire and the Viaduct of the Arc River Valley (1882–1885)
* Chestnut Trees and Farm at Jas de Bouffan (c. 1884)
* Mont Sainte-Victoire seen from Bellevue (1885)
* House in Provence (1885)
* Chestnut Trees and Farm at Jas de Bouffan (c. 1886)
* Mont Sainte-Victoire with Large Pine (c. 1887)
* Portrait of Madame Cézanne with Loosened Hair (1883–1887)
* The Banks of the Marne (1888)
* Pierrot and Harlequin (1888–1890)
* Still Life with Peaches and Pears (1888–1890)
* View of the Domaine Saint-Joseph (late 1880s)
* The Basket of Apples (c. 1893)
* Rideau, Cruchon et Compotier (1893–1894)
* The Boy in the Red Vest (1894–1895)
* Portrait of Gustave Geffroy (1895)
* Bridge Across a Pond (1895–1898)
* Seated Peasant (c. 1892–1896)
* Portrait of Ambroise Vollard (1899)
* Pipe Smoker Leaning on a Table (1895–1900)
* Women Bathing (c. 1900)
* Lady in Blue (c. 1900)
* Pyramid of Skulls (1901)
* Forest (1902–1904)
* The Bunch of Flowers (1902–1904)
* The Bathers (1898–1905)
* Still Life with Teapot (1902–1906)
* La Montagne Sainte-Victoire vue du bosquet du Château Noir (1904)

Series|

* The Card Players (1890–1895)
* Mont Sainte-Victoire (1904–1906)

Family|

* Marie-Hortense Fiquet (model and wife)

Museums|

* Cézanne's studio

Related|

* Homage to Cézanne (1900 painting)
* The Impressionists (2006 series)
* Cézanne and I (2016 film)
* Cézanne (crater)
* Corbarimys cezannei

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Émile Zola

Les Rougon-Macquart|

* La Fortune des Rougon
* La Curée
* Le Ventre de Paris
* La Conquête de Plassans
* La Faute de l'Abbé Mouret
* Son Excellence Eugène Rougon
* L'Assommoir
* Une page d'amour
* Nana
* Pot-Bouille
* Au Bonheur des Dames
* La joie de vivre
* Germinal
* L'Œuvre
* La Terre
* Le Rêve
* La Bête humaine
* L'Argent
* La Débâcle
* Le Docteur Pascal

Other novels|

* Les Mystères de Marseille
* Thérèse Raquin
* Madeleine Férat
* L'Inondation

Non-fiction|

* J'Accuse...!

Libretti|

* Messidor (1897)
* L'Ouragan (1901)
* L'Enfant roi (1905)
* Les Quatre journées (1916)

Film adaptations|

* L'Assommoir (1909)
* Germinal (1913)
* Maddalena Ferat (1920)
* The Earth (1921)
* Nana (1926)
* L'Argent (1928)
* Thérèse Raquin (1928)
* The Struggle (1931)
* Nana (1934)
* La Bête Humaine (1938)
* Shop Girls of Paris (1943)
* Nana (1944)
* Thérèse Raquin (1953)
* Human Desire (1954)
* Nana (1955)
* Gervaise (1956)
* La Bestia humana (1957)
* Lovers of Paris (1957)
* Germinal (1963)
* The Game Is Over (1966)
* The Demise of Father Mouret (1970)
* Nana, the True Key of Pleasure (1982)
* Nana (1985)
* Germinal (1993)
* Thirst (2009)
* In Secret (2013)

Musical adaptations|

* Le Rêve (1891 opera)
* L'attaque du moulin (1893 opera)
* Lazare (1903 oratorio)
* Naïs Micoulin (1907 opera)
* Thou Shalt Not (2001 musical)
* Thérèse Raquin (2001 opera)

Television adaptations|

* Cruel Train (1995 film)
* The Paradise (2012 series)
* The Ladies' Paradise (2015 series)

Related|

* François Zola (father)
* Naturalism
* Portrait of Emile Zola (1868 painting)
* A Studio at Les Batignolles (1870 painting)
* The Life of Emile Zola (1937 film)
* Cézanne et Moi (2016 film)

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