Cezanne and I

They loved each other with the ardor of thirteen-year-old boys. Rebellion and curiosity, hopes and doubts, girls and dreams of glory – they shared it all. Paul was rich, Emile poor. They went skinny-dipping, drank absinthe, starved, only to overeat. Sketched models by day, caressed them by night... Now, Paul is a painter and Emile a writer. Glory has passed Paul by. But Emile has it all: fame, money, the perfect wife, whom Paul once loved. They judge each other, admire each other, confront each other. They lose touch, meet up again, like a couple who cannot stop loving each other.

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  Guillaume Gallienne

  Paul Cézanne
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  Guillaume Canet

  Emile Zola
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  Alice Pol

  Alexandrine Zola
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  Déborah François

  Hortense Cézanne
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  Sabine Azéma

  Elisabeth Cézanne
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  Gérard Meylan

  Louis-Auguste Cézanne
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  Isabelle Candelier

  Emilie Zola
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  Freya Mavor

  Jeanne
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  Laurent Stocker

  Ambroise Vollard
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  Félicien Juttner

  Guy de Maupassant