Cyrano
Directed by Joe Wright
Written by Erica Schmidt, Edmond Rostand
Starring Peter Dinklage, Haley Bennett, Kelvin Harrison
Release Date February 25th, 2022
Cyrano stars Peter Dinklage as Cyrano De Bergerac, legendary swordsman, soldier and wordsmith. Set in France in the 1600s, Cyrano finds our hero pining for his oldest friend, Roxanne (Haley Bennett) while she pines for a newly arrived soldier in Cyrano’s regiment. Christian De Neuvillette (Kelvin Harrison Jr) is a wide eyed new recruit who spots Roxanne in a crowd at the theater and shares a long romantic glance that each mistake for love at first sight. So powerful is this look that Roxanne arranges to meet with Cyrano to ask her friend to arrange their romance.
Though it pains him to do it, Cyrano begins to coach Christian on how to woo Roxanne. However, when Christian proves to be foolish with words, Cyrano begins writing love letters on his behalf. The letters are filled with passionate prose dedicated to feelings for Roxanne that go well beyond the kind of first love fascination one has at first sight. Nevertheless, the letters work and Roxanne begins to believe that she has fallen in love with Christian through his passionate letters, even after their first in-person meeting goes horribly.
Find my full length review at Geeks.Media, linked here.
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