Cyrano de Bergerac is a joyous and witty poet filled with plenty of charisma and bravado in 17th-century France. He has only one flaw: an unusually long nose which makes him unattractive to any woman.

Cyrano de Begerac is joyous, witty, a poet, a leader and filled with plenty of charisma and bravado in 17th Century France. He has only one flaw: an unusually long nose which makes him unattractive to any woman. Thus, he cannot have the woman he loves, his cousin Roxanne. Roxanne loves an officer in his army who gets tongue-tied in front of women. Who will Roxanne love? Will Cyrano ever find love? Or will he find happiness in helping the officer woo Roxanne? This is a story of split personalities, human frailty and unrequited love.—erasmus

France 1640. Cyrano de Bergerac, the charismatic poet, eloquent wordsmith, and excellent duellist with the absurdly big nose, is madly in love with beautiful Roxane. However, when she, in turn, confides in Cyrano her desperate love for his handsome but inarticulate new recruit, Christian de Neuvillette, love-smitten Cyrano decides to help the tongue-tied young suitor write love letters to seduce his one true love. Is this the ultimate declaration of love?—Nick Riganas