Alexis Michalik was inspired by Shakespeare in Love (1998) and sought to write a similar film about the creation of a French play, choosing "Cyrano de Bergerac" as he felt it was the biggest "hit" of French theatre and left its mark on its author Edmond Rostand. Michalik couldn't find anyone interested to finance the film however and set it aside, until he saw a stage production of "Shakespeare in Love" and decided to turn his script into a play. The play was massive success, leading film studios to be interested in adapting it for film.
To turn the scene of the death of Cyrano, Alexis Michalik chose to leave the theater for the natural setting of the cloister of a convent.
This film features an extract from "La Sortie des Ouvriers de l'Usine Lumière" (third version, Lumière catalogue N°91)
Golden salamander, public prize at the Sarlat Film Festival--High School Students at the Sarlat Film Festival--Young Jury Prize at the Sarlat Film Festival.
Alexis Michalik had spotted Thomas Solivérès in 2008, while the young actor was doing a play in Avignon.