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Honor de Cavalleria

Screening on Film
Directed by Albert Serra.
With Lluís Carbó, Lluís Serrat, Jaume Badia.
Spain, 2006, 35mm, color, 95 min.
Catalan with English subtitles.
Print source: Notro Films

Don Quixote and his page Sancho Panza wander aimlessly day and night in search of new and amazing adventures. As they ride through fields and foreign lands they talk to each other about everything from spirituality to chivalry, even about the simple things of daily life. Day after day the two strengthen the ties of friendship that bind them ever closer.

Normally, young directors follow a stereotype: they make films in urban environments with up-to-date stories and young people’s themes. I wanted to go against all this and vindicate the tradition of classical films. I decided to shoot in digital, which is usually associated with urban, modern films that are loaded with special effects. Instead, my film is contemplative, atmospheric, with lots of landscapes. We shot the entire film outdoors in natural locations, there are no internal scenes, no sets, nothing constructed by man. The actors aren’t professionals, in the grand tradition of Bresson, Pasolini and Olmi.

— A. Serra

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