“Cyrano” is a heart-wrenching and heartbreaking tragic musical directed by Joe Wright, which was released on Friday, Feb. 25. The film takes place in France during the 1600s and revolves around a simple love triangle: after just a glance at a play, Roxanne, played by Haley Bennet, falls in love with Christian, played by Kelvin Harrison Jr. Christian also falls in love with her at the same moment. Cyrano, played by Peter Dinklage, is Roxanne’s oldest and closest friend, and he has loved her for years but is too afraid to admit his feelings to her because of his physical stature; he is a dwarf. Roxanne asks Cyrano to have Christian write her letters, but Christian is terrible with words and asks for Cyrano’s help. Cyrano writes Roxanne love letters for Christian, but neither knows about Cyrano’s true feelings for Roxanne. While Roxanne thinks she is falling in love with Christian’s words, letters and soul, she is falling for Cyrano’s.

While this love triangle unfolds, Roxanne is also being courted by the duke, played by Ben Mendelsohn. She does not truly love him, but she needs financial support. His money is the only reason she entertains his advances, such as going with him to the opening play where she met Christian. He nearly forces her into marriage, but she refuses him in the end, much to the happiness of viewers. He, however, does not take too kindly to this.

The film is filled with beautiful poetry and music that makes the heart swell and fall in one’s chest. There is incredible dancing, dance fighting and sensual baking at moments that just make sense. The soundtrack of the film retells the story of “Cyrano” from “Intro” to “Saying Goodbye (Piano Solo).” It is perfectly interspersed with singing songs and scores from the film.

The song “Every Letter” is a trio song with Roxanne, Christian and Cyrano. The song plays as Roxanne and Christian, or Roxanne and Cyrano, exchange their lustful love letters to one another. This is portrayed simply as Christian and Roxanne harmonize beautifully together, while Cyrano only sings solo portions and harmonizes with the two lovers. Sadly, he never sings alone with Roxanne, as Christian does.

However, in a later song, “Overcome,” it is only Cyrano and Roxanne harmonizing. This song plays as Cyrano pretends to be Christian speaking to Roxanne as she stands on her balcony. Since Christian is dreadful with expressing his feelings in words, Cyrano assists by speaking in place of Christian. Roxanne does not know, so she harmonizes with the man she loves; but is that man Christian or Cyrano? Could this be a deciding point between the two men?

Since Christian and Cyrano are both guards of the city they inhabit, they are forced away from Roxanne to fight in the Thirty Years’ War. The duke, who is also a colonel in this war, ensures that both men are on the front lines. Will either survive long enough to be with Roxanne? Will they be able to tell Roxanne of their deceit? Whom will Roxanne choose to love madly: the beautiful man with little to no words, or the dwarf with over a million different ways to say how much he loves her? See “Cyrano” in theaters now to find out who gets a happy ending!