Albert Serra travels through La Mancha with his film crew and the actors from his Don Quixote - adaptation HONOR OF THE KNIGHTS to explore the real locations from Cervantes "Don Quixote". When they find out that they no longer exist, they start filming the interiors of the hotels they stayed in or the van they used to get around. The original idea turns into something self-referential, a portrait of a film team, a film about filmmaking, and a reflection on the changing landscapes of contemporary Europe. The conversations revolve around European dictators, the Summer of Love in the Sixties, Dalí, annoying film critics, a bull that gored a torero, and more. You sit around, wait, and let time pass. A heavily slowed-down slapstick film in the manner of a re-enacted making-of - of a film that doesn't exist. - Arsenal - Institute for Film and Video Art
Documentary
2h 26min
16+
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A road movie – on the trail of Don Quixote's mythical locations.
Albert Serra travels through La Mancha with his film crew and the actors from his Don Quixote - adaptation HONOR OF THE KNIGHTS to explore the real locations from Cervantes "Don Quixote". When they find out that they no longer exist, they start filming the interiors of the hotels they stayed in or the van they used to get around. The original idea turns into something self-referential, a portrait of a film team, a film about filmmaking, and a reflection on the changing landscapes of contemporary Europe.
The conversations revolve around European dictators, the Summer of Love in the Sixties, Dalí, annoying film critics, a bull that gored a torero, and more. You sit around, wait, and let time pass. A heavily slowed-down slapstick film in the manner of a re-enacted making-of - of a film that doesn't exist. - Arsenal - Institute for Film and Video Art