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Lancelot of the Lake

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Lancelot of the Lake
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NR,1hr 25min
Genre:
Drama
Released:
January 1, 1974
Director:
Robert Bresson
Distributor:
New Yorker Video
Starring:
Luc Simon, Humbert Balsan, Vladmir Antolek-Oresk  ...more
Synopsis: As with his earlier Trial of Joan of Arc, French-filmmaker Robert Bresson effectively casts unknowns in his interpretation of the Knights of the Round Table saga. Breaking with the standard romantic spin on this legend, Bresson offers us a selfish, ruthless Lancelot, no better than the other grubby "nobles" who seek but fail to find the Holy Grail. Returning from his futile mission, Lancelot callously renews his affair with King Arthur's Guenevere, who likewise is depicted in less than sympathetic ... Full Synopsis
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Craig Butler, AMG Review
Robert Bresson's cast speaks their lines in flat tones, never acknowledging the overpowering emotions that lie in their words; while occasionally off-putting, this extreme underplaying adds weight to their speeches and, at the same time, emphasizes the disease of the soul that is bringing about the fall of Camelot. Bresson also emphasizes the confusion and turmoil these men feel in the way in which ... Full Review
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Luc Simon
Lancelot
Humbert Balsan
Gawain
Vladmir Antolek-Oresk
King Arthur
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