Coriolanus
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The 2011 film Coriolanus, directed by and starring Ralph Fiennes, is a modern adaptation of William Shakespeare's play of the same name. The film is based on the life of Gnaeus Marcius Coriolanus, a legendary Roman hero.123
The story follows Caius Marcius, a proud nobleman and valiant warrior who, after refusing to flatter the Roman citizens, is banished. He then joins forces with his enemy, the Volscian Aufidius, to lead an army against Rome. Ultimately, Coriolanus is persuaded by his mother to make peace with Rome, but he is killed by his Volscian ally. The film is noted for its intense performances and striking imagery.13
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Gerard Butler…Fiennes’s 2011 film adaptation of Coriolanus. The following year he starred as a legendary surfer in the biographical Chasing Mavericks and a roguish one-time athlete in the romantic comedy Playing for Keeps. In the action thriller Olympus Has Fallen (2013), Butler played a former U.S. Secret Service agent who acts…
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Vanessa RedgraveMovies from the 21st century…strong-willed Volumnia in a 2011 film adaptation of Shakespeare’s Coriolanus and played a cancer victim in the uplifting Song for Marion (2012; U.S. title Unfinished Song). From 2012 she was the narrator of the BBC television series Call the Midwife. She returned to the stage as a Polish Holocaust survivor…
Read More…strong-willed Volumnia in a 2011 film adaptation of Shakespeare’s Coriolanus and played a cancer victim in the uplifting Song for Marion (2012; U.S. title Unfinished Song). From 2012 she was the narrator of the BBC television series Call the Midwife. She returned to the stage as a Polish Holocaust survivor…
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