The Man Who Laughs (2012 film)
2012 French film From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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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| 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 |
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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]
