Cézanne And I

The film traces the decade-long friendship between the impressionist artist, Paul Cézanne and the naturalist novelist, Émile Zola, two of France’s most influential cultural figures in the 19th century. Having met at the age of thirteen, the two young boys became school pals and grew up to share the same dreams, ambitions and even a mutual love of art and girls. Cézanne, who was born in a rich but conventional family, later struggled to make a living as a painter, while Zola, who came from a poor background, became successful as a novelist. In 1888, a nearly 50-year-old Cézanne confronts Zola again for his novel L'Oeuvre in which the main character, a poor failed painter, is thought to resemble Cézanne...