Jean Richepin(1849-1926)

French poet, author, playwright and actor.

[on the performance of Gabrielle Réjane in Miarka, la fille à l'ourse (1920)] To the screen Réjane gave her entire faith, her courage, her passion for truth, for intensity, for life; and proved, like the great artist she was, how she could translate a dream into a reality - this beloved, this simple Réjane, in whom was incarnate the very soul of Paris, of that Paris which is the smile of the universe.