Balzac
by Josée Dayan
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Actor: Fanny Ardant, Gérard Depardieu, Jeanne Moreau, Katja Riemann, Virna LisiDirector: Josée Dayan
Brand: LGF
Cinematographer: Willy Stassen
Editor: Adeline Yoyotte
Editor: Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte
Producer: Doris Kirch
Producer: Edith Colnel
Producer: Jean-Pierre Guérin
Writer: Didier Decoin
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; Spanish (Original Language); French (Original Language)
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 186 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-01-02
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Lions Gate
Product features:
- DVD Details: Actors: Gerard Depardieu, Jeanne Moreau, Fanny Ardant, Virna Lisi, Katja Riemann
- Directors: Josee Dayan
- Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC. Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only)
- Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1; Number of discs: 1; Studio: Lions Gate
- DVD Release Date: January 2, 2007; Run Time: 186 minutes
Movie Reviews of Balzac
Movie Review: great film ruined
Summary: 5 Stars
Why in the world did they not only dubbed it in English but also, o Lord, did not even leave the option of having original French at all? great actors, Depardieu, Marais, Ardant, all their voices lost to stupid dubbing. Horrible loss. Now, I am sure, Americans think that this is an American movie! Disgusting. Impossible to use for French classes.
Summary of Balzac
Synopsis: Stars:Gerard DepardieuItem Type: DVD Movie
Item Rating: NR
Street Date: 01/02/07
Wide Screen: yes
Director Cut: no
Special Edition: no
LanguageENGLISH
Foreign Film: no
Subtitlesno
Dubbed: no
Full Frame: no
Re-Release: no
Packaging: Sleeve Please note: This supplier will be closed on 11/24, 11/25, 12/26, 1/2 for the holidays. The shipping cut off is 12/10 to try and have the products delivered by Christmas.
Lovers of 19th-century French literature and contemporary French cinema will probably get the most out of this 210-minute march through the sensual life of Honoré de Balzac. Those not familiar with the work of this spectacularly prolific writer might be disappointed, since this biopic only touches on the great works in a cursory way. Several times throughout the narrative, the great author hears a few sentences, gets a faraway look in his eyes, and says, "You know, that would make a great story..." before dashing offscreen to his study, presumably to deliver yet another masterpiece. This French-made small-screen production is dominated by the charismatic presence of Gerard Depardieu, who taxes his skills to seem as spectacularly fat and physically unattractive as the legendary writer and lover of women. Practically all the actual lovemaking takes place offscreen; onscreen, impassioned oration is the order of the day. Depardieu is almost matched monologue for monologue by an even greater French star, Jeanne Moreau, who plays his brooding, eternally unsatisfied mother with an unchanging icy grandeur. Ridicule's Fanny Ardant shows a far greater development of character as Countess Eve Hanska, the indecisive Russian noblewoman who steals Balzac's heart and inspires his greatest work--while footing the bill for the excesses of his grandiose lifestyle. --Grant Balfour
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