Honor of the Knights

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Many esteemed filmmakers, including Orson Welles and Terry Gilliam, have tried and failed to launch mammoth adaptations of Miguel de Cervantes' seminal novel Don Quixote de la Mancha. In his feature Honor de Cavalleria, writer/director Albert Serra scales down his approach, with an avant-garde adaptation of two sequences from the book, done in an understated, minimalist style. The primary crux of the motion picture explores the dynamics of the ongoing relationship between Quixote (Lluis Carbo) and his diminutive sidekick Sancho Panza (Lluis Serrat). The story sees Panza searching for a laurel crown for Quixote and helping Quixote dress in armor. The two men later bathe in a river, and four men with horses spirit Quixote away. Honor co-stars Glynn Bruce and Bartomeu Casellas.

Rating:

NR
Genre:

Drama
Directed By:

Albert Serra
Written By:

Albert Serra
In Theaters:

Sep 21, 2007 wide
Runtime:

111 minutes

Cast

Lluis Cardenal

Lluís Serrat

Lluis Serrat Masanellas
as Sancho

Jimmy Gimferrer

Xavier Gratacos

Josep Pages

Rufino Pijoan

Jordi Sancho

Joaquim Fernández

Albert Pla

Bartomeu Casellas

Eliseu Huertas

Felicia Butinya

Jordi Pau

Nanu Ferrari

Glynn Bruce

Lluís Carbó
as Quixote

Enric Junca

Eduard Sancho

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Critic Reviews for Honor of the Knights

All Critics (5) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (4) | Rotten (1)

If you're on this movie's wavelength, you may find yourself unexpectedly moved by its cumulative effect.

Nov 9, 2007 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…

Jeff Shannon
Seattle Times
Top Critic
A witty, dry, lovely and unpretentious picture.

Sep 20, 2007

Andrew O'Hehir
Salon.com
Top Critic
Extraordinary, minimalist-naturalist take on the Don Quixote story.

Jun 21, 2007 | Full Review…

Scott Foundas
L.A. Weekly
Top Critic
Albert Serra's reduction of Don Quixote, the greatest novel in the Spanish language, to a two character sketch emulating Beckett's Waiting for Godot, is among cinema's greatest insults to literature.

Nov 9, 2007 | Rating: D | Full Review…

Bill White
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
It is [worth seeing], but [Albert] Serra's watch-or-****-off contempt remains present throughout.

Jun 25, 2007 | Rating: B | Full Review…

Sky Hirschkron
Stylus Magazine