Perceval le Gallois
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100% Rotten Tomatoes Genre Drama, Music, Romance Director Eric Rohmer Music director Guy Robert | 7.2/10 IMDb 2.7/5 AlloCine Duration Running time 2h 20m Screenplay Eric Rohmer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writer Eric Rohmer, Chretien de Troyes (novel) Initial release October 8, 1978 (New York City) Cast (Perceval), (Gauvain), (Blanchefleur), Marie-Christine Barrault (La Reine Guenevievre), Coco Ducados (La Demoiselle Hideuse), Gilles Raab (Sagremor)Similar movies Birdman , Pitch Perfect 2 , Frozen , Aladdin , Straight Outta Compton , The Jungle Book | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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After having lost two sons in battle and a husband to grief, Percevals (Fabrice Luchini) mother does her best to isolate her son from even the idea of chivalry and knighthood. But the young boy reads about knights and their exploits, and cannot help but commit to becoming one. His extreme naivete and innocence work again and again to his advantage, eventually vouchsafing him both a glimpse of the Holy Grail and a meeting with King Arthur (Marc Eyraud) and the Knights of the Round Table.
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Perceval le Gallois is a 1978 French film directed by Eric Rohmer. It was inspired by Chretien de Troyess 12th-century Arthurian romance Perceval, the Story of the Grail.
The film chronicles Perceval's knighthood, maturation and eventual peerage amongst the Knights of the Round Table, and also contains brief episodes from the story of Gawain and the crucifixion of Christ.
Synopsis
The film chronicles Percevals knighthood, maturation and eventual peerage amongst the Knights of the Round Table, and also contains brief episodes from the story of Gawain and the crucifixion of Christ.
Presentation
Unlike other screen adaptations of Arthurian legend, the film makes no attempt at situating the characters in a natural or supernatural world. Instead, Perceval and his cohorts inhabit a colorful theatrical realm replete with rudimentary props, stylized backdrops, and a singing chorus that participates in the drama. At many points, characters narrate their own actions and thoughts rather than expressing them manifestly, and dialog is frequently spoken lyrically in rhyming couplets taken directly from the original text. The films deliberate artificiality, ironic vision of youthful valor, and frequently shifting narrative modes prevent emotional attachment to the story while leaving space for a more cerebral engagement with the elements of storytelling Rohmer has interpreted from 12th-century literature.
Cast
The film features Fabrice Luchini as Perceval, Andre Dussolier as Gauvain, and Arielle Dombasle as Blanchefleur.
References
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