Cyrano Peter Dinklage's Film Explores "The Human Need For A Relationship."

This film tells the story of a poet who has difficulty expressing his true feelings to his beloved wife due to his unattractive appearance. Wright said he identified with the original French work at a young age. "I was one of those kids who felt strange, different, and unlovable, so I was always connected to the story," she told BBC News. "It's about the human need for a relationship and how often we fail to connect with others."

Wright, who previously directed Atonement and Darkest Hour, added, "Perhaps this film can help reveal what I think is true, which is that although outwardly we are more alike than different.

Cyrano de Bergerac was written by Edmond Rostant in 1897 and told the story of a man who was born with a vast and ugly nose that made him feel unloved. Cyrano is a talented poet and excellent swordsman who is secretly in love with a woman named Roxanne, a lover of poetry. But Cyrano, aware of her appearance, fear rejection and struggles to express her true feelings to him.

When a handsome army cadet named Christian takes the stage, Roxanne falls in love with him. But Christian is not good at writing poetry. So Cyrano intervenes and eerily writes Christian's love letter and poetry for Roxanne, making her fall in love with the young cadet. The film explores various themes - love triangles, deception, the power of language, a person's true intrinsic worth compared to appearances, and, as Wright puts it, "how often we fail to connect with others for fear of being seen."

"This story reminds me of the importance of human connectivity, especially at a time when we are so thirsty for it during the blockade," he said. In the last iteration of Cyrano, the protagonist is rethought so that his uncertainty is not related to his appearance but his size.

"A very handsome actor usually plays Cyrano with a big rubber nose on his face," Wright said. "And while we can stop our disbelief, we know that in the end, the actor can cut his nose and go to the pub and be a handsome actor. When you're with Pete, you know he's the one, with his smaller stature, carrying a big soul."

An image with the caption, Joe Wright, taken in 2018, previously directed "Redemption," "The Darkest Hour," and "Pride and Prejudice" from 2005.

Dinklage, a dwarf form known as achondroplasia, was widely acclaimed for his performance by critics who saw the film's early screening at the Telluride Film Festival in September.

"Even though too many actors have played Cyrano over the years to count, Dinklage makes it so fresh, so alive, and so powerful that it feels like we're seeing Cyrano for the first time," wrote Pete Hammond of Deadline.

"Dinklage's reduced stature serves the same purpose as the great hero Schnoz originally had and gives Cyrano an external quality that she has to compensate as a person," said Peter Debruj of Variety. "His Cyrano allows him to be more open than ever to the uncertainty that comes with any physical difference," adds David Ehrlich of IndieWire.