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Honor of the Knights

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'Honor of the Knights' (; 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 dont 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.

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Matt Zoller Seitz, writing for 'The New York Times', called the film "a virtual definition of the phrase 'acquired taste'", but added that "if you invest yourself in Mr. Serras vision, the films emotional payoffs are devastating". 'Honor of the Knights' appeared in a tie for seventh place on 'Cahiers du Cinma's top ten list of 2007.

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