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The Man Who Laughs | |
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French | L'homme qui rit |
Directed by | Jean-Pierre Améris |
Written by | Jean-Pierre Améris Guillaume Laurant |
Based on |
L'Homme qui rit by Victor Hugo |
Produced by | Thomas Anargyros Edouard de Vésinne |
Starring |
Gérard Depardieu Marc-André Grondin Christa Théret Arben Bajraktaraj Serge Merlin Emmanuelle Seigner |
Cinematography | Gérard Simon |
Edited by | Philippe Bourgueil |
Music by | Stéphane Moucha |
Production company | |
Distributed by | EuropaCorp |
Release date |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
The Man Who Laughs ( French: L'homme qui rit) is a 2012 French/Czech romantic musical drama film produced by EuropaCorp and based on the 1869 eponymous novel by Victor Hugo. [1]
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Boyd Van Hoeij from Variety was critical of the film, writing, "Less faithful to its source material and more concerned with delivering the goods visually, this handsome, studio-shot pic, somewhat ironically, lacks genuine pathos in telling its tale of how deceiving looks can be." [2] Neil Young from The Hollywood Reporter gave the film a positive review, writing, "Thoroughly old-fashioned but ultimately moving literary adaptation has more than enough exploitable features to indicate long-term commercial success." [3]
This article is missing information about the film's plot, production, and theatrical/home media releases.(July 2018) |
The Man Who Laughs | |
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French | L'homme qui rit |
Directed by | Jean-Pierre Améris |
Written by | Jean-Pierre Améris Guillaume Laurant |
Based on |
L'Homme qui rit by Victor Hugo |
Produced by | Thomas Anargyros Edouard de Vésinne |
Starring |
Gérard Depardieu Marc-André Grondin Christa Théret Arben Bajraktaraj Serge Merlin Emmanuelle Seigner |
Cinematography | Gérard Simon |
Edited by | Philippe Bourgueil |
Music by | Stéphane Moucha |
Production company | |
Distributed by | EuropaCorp |
Release date |
|
Running time | 95 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
The Man Who Laughs ( French: L'homme qui rit) is a 2012 French/Czech romantic musical drama film produced by EuropaCorp and based on the 1869 eponymous novel by Victor Hugo. [1]
This section needs expansion. You can help by
adding to it. (July 2018) |
Boyd Van Hoeij from Variety was critical of the film, writing, "Less faithful to its source material and more concerned with delivering the goods visually, this handsome, studio-shot pic, somewhat ironically, lacks genuine pathos in telling its tale of how deceiving looks can be." [2] Neil Young from The Hollywood Reporter gave the film a positive review, writing, "Thoroughly old-fashioned but ultimately moving literary adaptation has more than enough exploitable features to indicate long-term commercial success." [3]