Cezanne and I

They loved each other with the ardor of thirteen-year-old boys. Rebellion and curiosity, hopes and doubts, girls and dreams of glory – they shared it all. Paul was rich, Emile poor. They went skinny-dipping, drank absinthe, starved, only to overeat. They sketched models by day, caressed them by night... Now, Paul is a painter and Emile a writer. Glory has passed Paul by. But Emile has it all: fame, money, the perfect wife, whom Paul once loved. They judge each other, admire each other, confront each other. They lose touch, meet up again, like a couple who cannot stop loving each other.

Keywords

  • Based on a True Story
  • Painting in Cinema
  • True Story
  • biopic
  • europe
  • friendship
  • history
  • literature

Actors

  • Guillaume Canet
  • Guillaume Gallienne
  • Alice Pol
  • Déborah François
  • Sabine Azéma
  • Gérard Meylan
  • Laurent Stocker
  • Isabelle Candelier
  • Pierre Yvon
  • Félicien Juttner
  • Freya Mavor

Director

  • Danièle Thompson

Drama, Romance


1h 58min


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FR

France
2015
After Émile Zola writes a novel about a fictional painter, he runs into conflict with his old friend, Paul Cézanne.

After Émile Zola writes a novel about a fictional painter, he runs into conflict with his old friend, Paul Cézanne.


They loved each other with the ardor of thirteen-year-old boys. Rebellion and curiosity, hopes and doubts, girls and dreams of glory – they shared it all.


Paul was rich, Emile poor. They went skinny-dipping, drank absinthe, starved, only to overeat. They sketched models by day, caressed them by night... Now, Paul is a painter and Emile a writer. Glory has passed Paul by. But Emile has it all: fame, money, the perfect wife, whom Paul once loved. They judge each other, admire each other, confront each other. They lose touch, meet up again, like a couple who cannot stop loving each other.

Cast & Crew