Cyrano gerard depardieu, a swashbuckling hero with a gift for verse and a prominent proboscis is madly in love with the most beautiful woman in paris. Deterred though by his feelings of physical inadequacy he instead uses poetic skills to support another hapless suitor. But will the object of their affection realise who she's really falling for? Humorous and touching in equal measure, cyrano de bergerac is a spectacular and vibrant adaptation of edmond rostand's classic novel. Depardieu has never been better than as the swaggering scribe, his performance enriched by the vigorous direction of jean paul rappeneau and lavish period design. Now celebrating its 30th anniversary, this acclaimed world cinema classic is now available on blu ray in the uk for the very first time. Special features presented in high definition  full‐length feature commentary by ginette vincendeau the kings college london professor on the film and its art‐historical context interview with gerard depardieu 17 mins the actor recalls making cyrano de bergerac interview with jean‐paul rappeneau 8 mins the director discusses the influence of the 1923 version anthony burgess with as byatt 1987, 56 mins burgess discusses his views on language and the arts with author and critic as byatt gerard depardieu in conversation 1987, audio only the cyrano de bergerac star discusses his life and work, recorded on stage at the nft image gallery first pressing only fully illustrated booklet featuring new writing on the film by martin hall