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| Character | Paul Cezanne???? | |
|---|---|---|
| Gender | Male | |
| Age Range(s) | Adult (36-50), Senior (>50) | |
| Type of monologue / Character is | Speech, Story conclusion, Reminiscing life story/Telling a story, Praising | |
| Type | Dramatic | |
| Year | 1937 | |
| Period | 20th Century | |
| Genre | Drama, Biography | |
| Description | Cezanne's eulogy for Zola | |
| Location | 1 hour and 53 minutes into the movie | |
Summary
This film is a biopic of celebrated French writer Emile Zola who took upon himself to fight social injustice and attack the corrupt establishment with his books. We follow his life as he becomes a celebrated and successful writer and fights for the Dreyfus affair.
This monologue comes at the end of the movie after Zola dies of carbon monoxide poisoning. Giving the eulogy is his long time friend and famous painter Paul Cezanne.
This monologue comes at the end of the movie after Zola dies of carbon monoxide poisoning. Giving the eulogy is his long time friend and famous painter Paul Cezanne.
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| Excerpt |
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| CEZANNE: "Let us not mourn him. Let us rather salute that bright spirit of his which will live forever, and like a torch, enlighten a younger generation inspired to follow him. You who are enjoying today's freedom, take to your hearts the words of Zola. Do not forget those who fought the battles for you and bought your liberty with their genius and their blood. Do not forget them and applaud the lies of fanatical intolerance. Be human. For no man in all the breadth of our land more fervently loved humanity than Zola. He had the simplicity of a great soul. He was enjoying the fruits of his labor -- fame, wealth, security -- when suddenly, out of his own free will, he tore himself from all the peaceful pleasures of his life, from the work he loved so much because he knew that there is no serenity, save injustice; no repose save in truth. At the sound of his brave words, France awakened from her sleep. How admirable is the genius of our country. How beautiful the soul of France which for centuries taught right and justice to Europe and the world. France is once again today the land of reason and benevolence because one of her sons, through an immense work and a great action, gave rise to a new order of things based on justice and the rights common to all men. Let us not pity him because he suffered and endured. Let us envy him. Let us envy him because his great heart won him the proudest of destinies: He was a moment of the conscience of man." |
