Cyrano, My Love / Film School Radio interview with Director Alexis Michalik

In Alexis Michalik’s rousing, re-telling of the story about France’s enduring and iconic dramatist Edmond Rostand is not yet thirty, but he already has two children and a lot of anxieties. He hasn’t written anything for two years. In desperation, he offers the great Constant Coquelin a new play, a heroic comedy, written in verse for the holidays. There is just one problem: the play hasn’t been written yet. Ignoring the whims of the actresses, the demands of his Corsican producers, his wife’s jealousy, his best friend’s relationship problems and the lack of enthusiasm of all those around him, Edmond begins to write the play that nobody believes in. For the time being, he only has the title: ‘Cyrano de Bergerac’ Director Alexis Michalik joins us o talk about the recasting of this timeless tale as a peak behind the curtain of a failing playwright’s topsy-turvy effort to bring his tale of unrequited love to life and how his own attempts to bring Edward Rostand’s story to the screen eerily mirrored Cyrano’s author Edward Rostand. For news, updates and screenings go to roadsideattractions.com/cyranomylove Cyrano, My Love opens on October 18 at the Laemmel Royal Theatre in Los Angeles Social Media facebook.com/RoadsideAttractionsFilms twitter.com/roadsidetweets #CyranoMyLove instagram.com/roadsideattractionsfilms