Project Detail

The Man Who Killed Don Quixote

Synopsis

Toby, a once idealistic young film student who has turned into an arrogant publicist, libidinous and jaded, comes across a copy of his old student film based on 'Don Quixote'. He is horrified by the terrible effects the film has had on the quiet village where it was set.
Official Selection Cannes Film Festival - Official Selection - Closing Film - World premiere

Details

Year: 2018
Type of film: Features
Running time: tbc
Director: Terry Gilliam
Producer: Mariela Besuievsky, Amy Gilliam, Gerardo Herrero, Grégoire Melin
Executive Producer: Alessandra Lo Savio, Giorgia Lo Savio, Jeremy Thomas, Peter Watson
Editor: Lesley Walker; Co-Editor: Teresa Font
Screenwriter: Terry Gilliam (screenplay), Tony Grissoni (screenplay)
Director of Photography: Nicola Pecorini
Production Designer: Benjamín Fernández
Music: Roque Baños
Principal cast: Adam Driver, Jonathan Pryce, Stellan Skarsgård, Olga Kurylenko, Joana Ribeiro, Rossy de Palma, Sergi López

Genre

Horror Drama Fantasy Sci-Fi

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

An Alacran Pictures (ES), Amazon Studios (US), Entre Chien et Loup (FR), Tornasol Films (ES), Ukbar Filmes (PT) production. Co-produced with Proximus (BE), in association with Recorded Picture Company (RPC) (UK), with the participation of Eurimages (FR), Movistar+ (ES), Televisión Española (TVE) (ES), Wallimage (BE)

Recorded Picture Company (RPC)

24 Hanway Street
London
W1T 1UH

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Sales Company

Kinology

Gaelle Mareschi, Grégoire Melin
30 rue Moret
75011 Paris
France

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