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The Man Who Laughs
Film poster
FrenchL'homme qui rit
Directed byJean-Pierre Améris
Written byJean-Pierre Améris
Guillaume Laurant
Based onL'Homme qui rit
by Victor Hugo
Produced byThomas Anargyros
Edouard de Vésinne
StarringGérard Depardieu
Marc-André Grondin
Christa Théret
Arben Bajraktaraj
Serge Merlin
Emmanuelle Seigner
CinematographyGérard Simon
Edited byPhilippe Bourgueil
Music byStéphane Moucha
Production
company
Distributed byEuropaCorp
Release date
  • 8 June 2012 (2012-06-08) (VFF)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

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]

Cast

Reception

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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]

References

  1. ^ Mandelbaum, Jacques (2012-12-25). ""L'Homme qui rit" : vision étriquée d'un roman démesuré". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 2017-12-08.
  2. ^ Van Hoeij, Boyd (10 September 2012). "The Man Who Laughs – Variety". Variety.com. Boyd Van Hoeij. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  3. ^ Young, Neil (2012-09-12). "The Man Who Laughs (L'Homme Qui Rit): Venice Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2017-12-08.

External links


Films directed by Jean-Pierre Améris
The Man Who Laughs by Victor Hugo (1869)
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