Cezanne and I directed and written by Danièle Thompson is a movie that should never have been. It's a pragmatic and artless movie about artists of the second half of the XIXth Century.
It is a movie without purpose, the writing is poor and disjointed, it constantly jumps between different points in time without any purpose, or structure or even memory as some scenes seem to happen two or even three times.
What you will enjoy from this movie:
What you won't enjoy and the movie gets wrong:
The director clearly had no clue about art so why make a film about art other than self-indulgence?
Avoid.
It is a movie without purpose, the writing is poor and disjointed, it constantly jumps between different points in time without any purpose, or structure or even memory as some scenes seem to happen two or even three times.
What you will enjoy from this movie:
- the name dropping of some of the biggest artists of modern times
- the scenery towards the end of the movie
What you won't enjoy and the movie gets wrong:
- the portrayal of every character as a completely antipathetic, there is not one likeable character in the whole movie, even those with minimal texts such as Renoir or Manet who only talk to hate in this movie.
- the movie itself is deceiving, it isn't a movie about Cezanne but about Zola
- the artistic portraying of Cezanne who, apparently drew 99% of his canvas as portrait! What a strange choice from the director.
- the complete lack of artistry through the whole movie, be it from the cinematography, the direction, the writing or even the paintings shown through the movie.
The director clearly had no clue about art so why make a film about art other than self-indulgence?
Avoid.