Coriolanus is a 2011 film adaptation of William Shakespeare's tragedy Coriolanus. It is directed and produced by Ralph Fiennes in his directorial debut, who also stars as the title character, with Gerard Butler as Tullus Aufidius, Vanessa Redgrave as Volumnia, Brian Cox as Menenius, and Jessica Chastain as Virgilia. It places Shakespeare's original text and plot into a contemporary, pseudo-Balkan setting, reminiscent of the Yugoslav Wars.