Joe Wright directs this period film based on Erica Schmidt's musical adaptation of Edmond Rostand's classic play. Cyrano de Bergerac (Peter Dinklage) is a nobleman and military man who's also a poet and is secretly in love with Roxanne (Haley Bennett). However, his insecurity over dwarf stature prevents him from professing his love, especially when Roxanne confesses that she's interested in a recruit named Christian (Kelvin Harrison Jr.). Elated that Roxanne would like a guy like him, Christian feels anxious about speaking to her. Cyrano agrees to ghostwrite love letters for him.