Lancelot of the Lake (1974)

Original title

Lancelot du Lac

Directed by

Robert Bresson

Genre

drama film, medieval film

Country

France, Italy

Runtime

1h 23m

Rated

16

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 114 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film retells the love story of Lancelot and Guinevere as the Round Table disintegrates. Knights return from a failed quest for the Holy Grail, and their loyalties fracture. The story ends in catastrophe.

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What happens

Lancelot du Lac is a 1974 medieval fantasy-drama film written and directed by Robert Bresson. It retells the story of Lancelot and Guinevere's love as Camelot and the Round Table fall apart. It is based on Arthurian legend and medieval romances, especially the Lancelot-Grail cycle, and the works of Chrétien de Troyes. In common with Bresson's later films, the cast was composed of amateur actors, several of whom did not appear in any other film. Bresson's direction demanded a purposeful lack of emotion in the acting style, and reduced or eliminated the fantastical elements of the Grail legend. While much of the production is intentionally stylised as Medieval "Romance", the film is punctuated with moments of graphic violence. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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