Ennemis jurés (2011)

A banished hero of Rome allies with a sworn enemy to take his revenge on the city.

Director:

Ralph Fiennes

Writers:

John Logan (screenplay), William Shakespeare (play)

Stars:

Ralph Fiennes, Gerard Butler, Brian Cox

Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 10 wins & 16 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Gerard Butler	...	Tullus Aufidius
Ralph Fiennes	...	Caius Martius Coriolanus
Lubna Azabal	...	First Citizen (Tamora)
Ashraf Barhom	...	Second Citizen (Cassius)
Zoran Cica	...	Citizen
Milos Dabic	...	Citizen
Nicolas Isia	...	Citizen
Zoran Miljkovic	...	Citizen
Marija Mogbolu	...	Citizen
Milan Perovic	...	Citizen
Nenad Ristic	...	Citizen
Lawrence Stevenson	...	Citizen
Marko Stojanovic	...	Citizen
Tamara Krcunovic	...	Citizen
Zu Yu Hua	...	Citizen

Storyline

The citizens of Rome are hungry. Coriolanus, the hero of Rome, a great soldier and a man of inflexible self-belief despises the people. His extreme views ignite a mass riot. Rome is bloody. Manipulated and out-maneuvered by politicians and even his own mother Volumnia, Coriolanus is banished from Rome. He offers his life or his services to his sworn enemy Tullus Aufidius.

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Plot Keywords:

battle scar | crashing through a window | bloody face | knife fight | urban combat | 

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Taglines:

Nature Teaches Beasts to Know Their Friends

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Genres:

Drama | Thriller | War

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for some bloody violence

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Japan] Official site [UK]

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

20 January 2012 (UK)

Also Known As:

Ennemis jurés

Filming Locations:

UK

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$61,136 (USA) (20 January 2012)

Gross:

$756,452 (USA) (25 May 2012)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Hermetof Pictures, Magna Films, Icon Entertainment International

Technical Specs

Runtime:

123 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Ralph Fiennes played Coriolanus at the Almeida Theatre in London in 2000.

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Goofs

When Aufidius and his soldiers enter their base, all of the previously right-handed soldiers, including Aufidius, wear their thigh-mounted holsters on their left legs, indicating the shot has been flipped.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Second Citizen: Before we proceed any further, hear me speak. You are all resolved rather to die than to famish?
Gathered Citizens: [in unison] Resolved.
Second Citizen: First, you know Caius Martius is chief enemy to the people.
Gathered Citizens: We know it.
First Citizen: Let us kill him. And we'll have corn at our own price.
Second Citizen: We are accounted poor citizens, the patricians of good. The leanness that afflicts us, the object of our misery, our suffering, is a gain to them.
Gathered Citizens: Aye.
Second Citizen: Let us revenge this with our sticks, ere we become rakes.
First Citizen: No more talking on it. Come!

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Connections

Featured in The EE British Academy Film Awards (2015)

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Soundtracks

Fiction
(Stephanie Ekwalla/Vincent Guilbert/Florent Gouriou/Sebastien Herve/Guillaume Rolland)
Performed by Sheer K
Courtesy of Last Exit Records
By Arrangement with Riptide Music, Inc.

User Reviews

Gripping and Powerful

I just got out of the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) North American Premier Gala event of Coriolanus. The movie was both gripping and powerful. Yes it is always nice to see a film with cast and director in hand to introduce the film and take credit at is completion, but this movie definitely earned the audiences standing ovation. Some may fear a presentation in Iambic Pentameter though the script and delivery made every line understandable. Setting Shakespeare in a modern day Roman city state was smart. I enjoyed ever minute of this film and if you are a fan of good story telling, Shakespeare or war movies, you will enjoy Coriolanus.