Perceval le Gallois (Rohmer, 1978): Prince Charles Cinema, 2.45pm
This is part of a great Eric Rohmer season at the Prince Charles Cinema. Details here.
Chicago Reader review:
Eric Rohmer’s least typical and least popular film also happens to be
his best: a wonderful version of Chretien de Troyes’ 12th-century epic
poem, set to music, about the adventures of an innocent knight.
Deliberately artificial in style and setting—the perspectives are as
flat as in medieval tapestries, the colors bright and vivid, the musical
deliveries strange and often comic—the film is as faithful to its
source as it can be, given the limited material available about the
period. Rohmer’s fidelity to the text compels him to include narrative
descriptions as well as dialogue in the sung passages. Absolutely
unique—a must for medievalists, as well as filmgoers looking for
something different. This film also features the acting debut of the
late and very talented Pascal Ogier.
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Here (and above) is the trailer.
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