Honor of the Knights (2006)

Original title

Honor de cavalleria

Directed by

Albert Serra

Genre

drama film

Country

Spain

Runtime

1h 35m

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 27 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film follows Don Quixote and Sancho Panza as they wander through the countryside. It focuses on their quiet moments and the atmosphere around them rather than following a plot from the original novel.

contemplativeslowatmosphericwanderingmeditativeminimalistquietspare

What happens

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. 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". The film was screened at the Directors' Fortnight section of the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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