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Directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau...
Screenplay by Jean-Paul Rappeneau and Jean-Claude Carriere...
CYRANO DE BERGERAC Directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau...
...have all been the poorer for this. And we are infinitely the richer for his sudden and glorious reincarnation by Gerard Depardieu in Jean-Paul Rappeneau's faithful and generous adaptation of Rostand's work. For the film not only restores this splendid spirit to his rightful place in our consciousness but also redeems a virtually abandoned cinematic tradition...
...result, the dialogue in Les Sauvages is not tight enough, the chase scenes ramble on and on and the characters seem to be thrown together rather than playing off each other for maximum comic peaks. More disappointing, however, is the fact that Rappeneau has failed to correct the sexist treatment of women so common in such comedies. Embodied in such catch-all phrases as "charming" or "crazy" lies a blatant sexist attitude which suggests that women wearing nothing but loosely buttoned men's shirts three sizes too large for them, or women who irresponsibly knock over lamps, smash holes...