Don Quixote, Knight Errant
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{{Infobox film
| image = Don Quixote, Knight Errant poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| native_name = {{Infobox name module|es|El caballero Don Quijote|nolink=yes}}
| director = Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón
| screenplay = Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón
| based_on = {{Based on|Don Quixote (part II)|Miguel de Cervantes}}
| starring = {{Plain list|
- Juan Luis Galiardo
- Carlos Iglesias
- Santiago Ramos
- Fernando Guillén Cuervo
- Manuel Manquiña
- Kiti Manver
- Manuel Alexandre
- Juan Diego Botto
- Emma Suárez
}}
| cinematography = José Luis Alcaine
| music = José Nieto
| editing = José Salcedo
| studio = Gonafilm
| distributor = Alta Classics
| released = {{Film date|2002|09||Venice|2002|11|08|Spain|df=yes}}
| country = Spain
| language = Spanish
| budget = 900 million ₧
}}
Don Quixote, Knight Errant ({{langx|es|El caballero Don Quijote|links=no}}){{Cite web|url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/1254/|website=Cineuropa|title=Don Quixote, Knight Errant|first=Valeria|last=Chiari|date=4 September 2002}} is a 2002 Spanish adventure film directed and written by Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón, consisting of an adaptation of the second part of Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote. It stars Juan Luis Galiardo and Carlos Iglesias respectively as Don Quixote and Sancho Panza, alongside Santiago Ramos, Fernando Guillén Cuervo, Manuel Manquiña, Kiti Manver, Manuel Alexandre, Juan Diego Botto and Emma Suárez.
Plot
The plot, an adaptation of Don Quixote{{'s}} part II, selects specific chapters of the novel, primarily underpinning as main narrative lines both the Don Quixote's adventures seeking to disenchant the spell put on Dulcinea and his family's attempts to return him home,{{Cite journal|url=https://blocs.xtec.cat/filmodidactica/files/2009/03/caballero-don-quijote.pdf|page=17|title=El caballero Don Quijote|first=Josep|last=Martínez Ollé|journal=Making of: Cuadernos de cine y educación|issn=1137-4926|issue=32|year=2005}} with the backdrop of the threat posed by the Turk's fleet.
Cast
{{Cast listing|
- Juan Luis Galiardo as Don Quijote{{Cite book|title=La Pantalla Popular. El cine español durante el Gobierno de la derecha (1996-2003)|first=José María|last=Caparrós Lera|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1wJ8Hoa5FDEC&pg=PA189|page=189|location=Tres Cantos|publisher=Ediciones Akal|year=2005|isbn=978-84-460-2414-9}}
- Carlos Iglesias as Sancho Panza{{Sfn|Caparrós Lera|2005|p=189}}
- Santiago Ramos as Sansón Carrasco{{Sfn|Caparrós Lera|2005|p=189}}
- Fernando Guillén Cuervo as Secretario{{Sfn|Caparrós Lera|2005|p=189}}
- Manuel Manquiña as Merlín{{Cite web|url=https://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/television/2002/11/08/caballero-don-quijote-cabalga-ordenes-gutierrez-aragon/0003_1313218.htm|website=La Voz de Galicia|date=8 November 2002|first=Miguel Anxo|last=Fernández|title="El caballero Don Quijote" cabalga a las órdenes de Gutiérrez Aragón}}
- Kiti Manver as Ama{{Sfn|Caparrós Lera|2005|p=189}}
- Manuel Alexandre as Montesinos{{Sfn|Caparrós Lera|2005|p=189}}
- Juan Diego Botto as Tosilos{{Sfn|Caparrós Lera|2005|p=189}}
- Emma Suárez as Duquesa{{Sfn|Caparrós Lera|2005|p=189}}
- Marta Etura as Dulcinea/Labradora{{Sfnm|Caparrós Lera|2005|1p=189|López López|2017|2p=398}}
- {{ill|Francisco Merino (actor)|es|Francisco Merino|lt=Paco Merino}} as Pedro Recio{{Sfn|Caparrós Lera|2005|p=189}}
- Víctor Clavijo as Barbero{{Sfn|Caparrós Lera|2005|p=189}}
- {{ill|José Luis Alcobendas|es}} as Moro Diablo{{Sfn|Caparrós Lera|2005|p=189}}
- María Isasi as Sobrina{{Sfn|Caparrós Lera|2005|p=189}}
- José Luis Torrijo as Cura{{Sfn|Caparrós Lera|2005|p=189}}
- {{ill|Joaquín Hinojosa|es}} as Duque{{Sfn|Caparrós Lera|2005|p=189}}{{Cite web|url=https://elpais.com/diario/2001/08/16/revistaverano/997912825_850215.html|website=El País|title=Galiardo, orgulloso de ser el nuevo Don Quijote|first=Rafael F.|last=Bermejo|date=16 August 2001}}
- Carmen Machi as Teresa{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nJoqDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA398|page=398|title=El Siglo de Oro en el cine y la ficción televisiva: Dirección artística, referentes culturales y reconstrucción histórica|first=Yolanda|last=López López|publisher=ACCI|location=Madrid|year=2017|isbn=978-84-16549-70-2}}
- Jaime Chavarri as Loquero{{Sfn|López López|2017|p=398}}
}}
Production
An adaptation of the part II of Don Quixote, the screenplay was penned by the director Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón.{{Cite journal|first=Dona M.|last=Kercher|journal=Arizona Journal of Hispanic Cultural Studies|volume=6|year=2002|url=https://dialnet.unirioja.es/descarga/articulo/2570341.pdf|title=Looking for Don Quijote's Own Shadow: An Interview with Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón about His Film El caballero Don Quijote (2002)|pages=129–130|doi=10.1353/hcs.2011.0285 |s2cid=144260411 }} Gutiérrez Aragón had already directed, and co-wrote alongside Camilo José Cela, El Quijote de Miguel de Cervantes, a television series adapting Don Quixote{{'s}} part I in 1991, starring Fernando Rey.{{Sfn|Kercher|2002|pp=129–130}} The reported budget upon the beginning of filming was 900 million ₧.{{Cite web|url=https://elpais.com/diario/2001/09/13/espectaculos/1000332004_850215.html|website=El País|date=13 September 2021|first=Elsa|last=Fernández-Santos|title=El Quijote de Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón y Juan Luis Galiardo cabalga por Castilla}} A Gonafilm production,{{Sfn|Caparrós Lera|2005|p=189}} it also had the participation of Telemadrid, Televisió Valenciana and Castilla-La Mancha Televisión.{{Cite book|url=http://www.madrid.org/bvirtual/BVCM002370.pdf|page=77|title=Cine y literatura española- Guía de largometrajes|location=Madrid|year=2005|publisher=Comunidad de Madrid. Consejería de Cultura y Deportes. Dirección General de Promoción Cultural}} It was shot in locations of Castilla–La Mancha, Andalusia and the Madrid region, primarily in the {{ill|Valle de Alcudia|es}},{{Cite web|url=https://www.libertaddigital.com/cultura/2002-09-04/el-caballero-don-quijote-se-proyecta-en-la-mostra-de-venecia-fuera-de-concurso-1275316310/|website=Libertad Digital|date=4 September 2002|title="El caballero Don Quijote" se proyecta en la Mostra de Venecia fuera de concurso}} province of Ciudad Real.
Release
The film screened out of competition at the 59th Venice International Film Festival in September 2002.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ultimahora.es/noticias/cultura/2002/09/04/767209/breves-180.html|website=Última Hora|date=4 September 2002|title=Breves}} Distributed by Alta Classics,{{Cite web|url=https://www.cervantesvirtual.com/portales/alece/registro_pelicula/?id=1839|website=Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes|title=El caballero Don Quijote|access-date=8 June 2022}} it was theatrically released in Spain on 8 November 2002.{{Sfn|Caparrós Lera|2005|p=189}}
Accolades
{{Awards table|5}}
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| align = "center" rowspan = "5" | 2003 || rowspan = "5" | 17th Goya Awards || Goya Award for Best Adapted Screenplay || Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón || {{nom}} || rowspan = "5" | {{Cite web|url=https://www.premiosgoya.com/pelicula/el-caballero-don-quijote/|access-date=8 June 2022|title=El caballero Don Quijote|website=premiosgoya.com|publisher=Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España}}
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| Best Actor || Juan Luis Galiardo || {{nom}}
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| Best New Actor || Carlos Iglesias || {{nom}}
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| Best Cinematography || José Luis Alcaine || {{won}}
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| Best Art Direction || Félix Murcia || {{nom}}
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