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The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
2018 133 min Belgium, France, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom, United States of America 12+
★6.5
Adventure, Comedy
Director: Terry Gilliam
🎭 Based on
«Don Quixote»
byMiguel de Cervantes
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Description
Toby, a cynical film director finds himself trapped in the outrageous delusions of an old Spanish shoe-maker who believes himself to be Don Quixote. In the course of their comic and increasingly surreal adventures, Toby is forced to confront the tragic repercussions of a film he made in his idealistic youth.
Budget:
$19.12M
US Gross:
$391,963
Worldwide:
$2.43M
Starring
José Luis Ferrer
Actor
Ismael Fritschi
Actor
Juan López-Tagle
Actor
Awards
Goya Awards 2019
— Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Goya Awards 2019
— Best Production Management
Goya Awards 2019
— Best Costume Design
Goya Awards 2019
— Best Original Song
Goya Awards 2019
— Best Production Design
Key opinion
Terry Gilliam’s long-gestating project serves as a polarizing, surrealistic meditation on the nature of fantasy and the burdens of artistic ambition. While some critics celebrate it as a masterful, visually stunning testament to the director's unique imagination, others find the narrative disjointed and the final product a symptom of creative decay.
| Acting | The lead performances from Jonathan Pryce and Adam Driver are widely praised for providing the film with necessary emotional grounding and comic chemistry. | |
| Cinematography | The cinematography and production design create a vivid, immersive aesthetic that successfully brings Gilliam's surreal vision to life. | |
| Theme | The screenplay is viewed as a dense, metaphorical exploration of the blurring lines between reality and delusion, though its effectiveness is debated. | |
| Pacing | The film's erratic tone and structure divide viewers: some see it as a brilliant, untethered artistic statement, while others find it messy, overstuffed, and lacking coherent pacing. |