Synopsis
Director Albert Serra’s interpretation of Cervantes’s literary classic sidelines the lead character’s knightly quest and fantastical adventures, focusing instead on existential conversations between Don Quixote (Lluís Carbó) and his squire, Sancho Panza (Lluís Serrat). Void of the giant windmills and rosy farm girls, Serra’s adaptation of the Spanish masterpiece reveals hidden layers within the duo’s wry meditations about God and nature.
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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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