Honor of the Knights

Honor of the Knights (Catalan: Honor de cavalleria; also known as Honor of the Knights/Quixotic) is a 2006 slow film by Catalan auteur Albert Serra. The film re-envisions the adventures from the Miguel de Cervantes novel Don Quixote, eschewing the Cervantes narrative in favour of placing Quixote and Sancho Panza on a contemplative, wandering story.[1] Serra explained that he chose the subject-matter of the film so he could "focus on atmosphere... on things I love better than just showing the plot... With these characters... I don’t care about being more or less faithful to the original source or character that comes from literature or history".[3]

For the 2009 novel, see The Honour of the Knights.
Honor of the Knights
Directed byAlbert Serra
Written byAlbert Serra
CinematographyEduard Grau
Running time
103[1] or 110 minutes[2]
LanguageCatalan

The film was screened at the Directors' Fortnight section of the 2006 Cannes Film Festival.[4]

Reception

Matt Zoller Seitz, writing for The New York Times, called the film "a virtual definition of the phrase 'acquired taste'", but added that "if you invest yourself in Mr. Serra’s vision, the film’s emotional payoffs are devastating".[2] Honor of the Knights appeared in a tie for seventh place on Cahiers du Cinéma's top ten list of 2007.[5]

References
  1. Hortelano, Lorenzo J. Torres, ed. (September 2011). Directory of World Cinema: Spain. Intellect. pp. 153–155. ISBN 9781841504636.
  2. Seitz, Matt Zoller (21 September 2007). "Reflections of Don Quixote". The New York Times. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  3. Peranson, Mark (2013). "The Beauty of Horror and the Horror of Beauty: An Encounter with Albert Serra". Cinema Scope. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  4. "Quinzaine 2006". quinzaine-realisateurs.com. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  5. "Cahiers du Cinéma". Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 26 July 2017.

General references


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