Honour of the Knights (Quixotic)

Honor de cavalleria

Spain

2006

95 Min

Color

1.85:1

Catalan

Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
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PROD Albert Serra, Luis Miñarro

SCR Albert Serra, Miguel Cervantes

DP Christophe Farnarier, Eduard Grau

CAST Lluís Carbó, Lluís Serrat, Glynn Bruce, Jaume Badia, Felicià Butinyà, Lluís Cardenal

SOUND Joan Pons, Jordi Ribas

Cannes (Quinzaine des Réalisateurs), London

Synopsis

Trusting in fate, Don Quixote and Sancho pursue their travels in search of adventure day and night. They ride through fields, talking about subjects as varied as spirituality, chivalry and daily life. A growing bond of friendship unites them. New visual terms for a classic literary text by Catalan director Albert Serra.

Director

Albert Serra

Albert Serra was born in Banyoles, Catalunya, in 1975. A Hispanic Philology and Comparative Literature major from the Universidad of Barcelona, his first feature was Crespià, the Film not the Village (2002). He has written, produced and directed Honour of the Knights (Quixotic) (2006), selected by Cahiers du Cinéma as one of the top ten pictures of 2007. He has also written and directed Bird Song, which was premiered at Cannes 2008 and is now in this Festival’s competition. He’s currently working on a new film, and writing a play commissioned by the Teatre Lliure of Barcelona. —Mardelplatafilmfest.com

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chanandre

23Nov11

Was a film-buff's baby when I saw this. Still am one though. It's quite the blow. One does not leave the cinema with two working legs. I know I did not. It changed me that much. Apparently easy and digestible. But only on the surface. When you think about it. It's a masterpiece shot after shot after shot after shot. Sure this is hard to see, but if it was easy would be called "a spielberg". Since it's not, it's not.