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. 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.

Cast

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

References

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2016 films

2016 biographical drama films

2010s French-language films

French biographical drama films

Films set in the 19th century

Biographical films about painters

Biographical films about writers

Films directed by Danièle Thompson

Pathé films

Cultural depictions of Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Cultural depictions of Émile Zola

Paul Cézanne

Cultural depictions of 19th-century painters

2016 drama films

2010s French films

France 2 Cinéma films

Cézanne and I