Coriolanus (15)
Certificate:
Dir:
Ralph Fiennes
Year:
2011
Country:
GB
Language:
English
Length:
123 mins
Cast:
Ralph Fiennes, Vanessa Redgrave, Gerard Butler, Jessica Chastain, Brian Cox
Format:
Digital
Ralph Fiennes (The English Patient, Schindler's List) flexes considerable muscle in his directorial debut Coriolanus, in which he also stars as the warrior whose abrasive pride and love of battle are his political downfall.
Setting the scene in a contemporary war zone – the film was shot in still war-torn parts of the Balkans – Fiennes recruited Barry Ackroyd, the cinematographer behind The Hurt Locker, to create some truly visceral battle sequences which recall that film more than any recent Shakespeare adaptations.
Reaching new heights of bloodthirsty, blue-eyed intensity, Fiennes' outstanding performance is bolstered by a pedigree cast including a steely, simmering Vanessa Redgrave as Coriolanus' mother Volumnia; Brian Cox, Jessica Chastain and a brooding Gerard Butler.
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