Cézanne et moi

A story of passionate friendship, that between the artist Paul Cézanne and writer Émile Zola. Childhood friends, they left Aix-en-Provence together in the hope of conquering Paris. For Cézanne, recognition was a long time coming, whilst Zola became the leader of naturalism. Their admiration is mutual, their confrontations as well.

Directed by: Danièle Thompson (France, 2015)
Cast: Guillaume Canet (Émile Zola), Guillaume Gallienne (Paul Cézanne), Alice Pol (Alexandrine Zola), Déborah François (Hortense Cézanne), Sabine Azéma (Anne-Élizabeth Cézanne), Gérard Meylan (Louis-Auguste Cézanne), Laurent Stocker (Auguste Vollard), Isabelle Candelier (Émilie Zola), Freya Mavor (Jeanne)
Genre: biography