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"Lancelot is a ruthless and ignoble opportunist who returns from his impossible futile mission to locate the Holy Grail, only to callously rekindle his affair with the Lady Guinevere. He feels that he needs her consolation because of the heavy casualities and the disappointment of a failed mission."
"This telling of the Athurian legend is stripped of the aura of romance & an atmosphere of inevitability & foreboding pervades a world in which God is absent."
"Drame légendaire austère évoquant l'esprit de la chevalerie. Ayant échoué dans leur quête du Graal, les Chevaliers de la Table ronde traversent des forêts difficiles pour revenir à Camelot, cour du roi Arthur. Décimés et démoralisés, en particulier Lancelot qui attribue l'échec à l'amour coupable qu'il porte à la reine Guenièvre. Avec Luc Simon, Laura Duke Condominas, Humbert Balsan, Vladimir Antolek-Oresek."
"Après avoir échoué dans leur quête du Graal, les Chevaliers de la Table Ronde rentrent à la cour du roi Arthur. Lancelot est persuadé que cet insuccès est causé par l'amour coupable qu'il porte à la reine Guenièvre. Celle-ci s'efforce cependant de le retenir près d'elle et un chevalier envieux, Mordred, profite de la situation pour créer de la dissension. Lancelot est amené à lutter contre ses compagnons, mais il se ressaisit, remet solennellement la reine à son mari et affronte le félon Mordred."
""When a group of King Arthur's knights are eluded in their search for the Holy Grail, they are revealed to be anything bu noble and heroic. The greedy, conniving and bitter knights focus their frustrations on the budding romance between Lancelot and Guinevere, with their anger ultimately leading to tragedy"--Container."
"The Arthurian legend is stripped of the aura of legend and romance and an atmosphere of inevitability and foreboding pervades a world in which God is absent. Bresson's customary rejection of psychology in the presentation of character is carried further here. As in 'Au hasard Balthazar' animals seem more sensitive than humans who are caught in the contradictions wrought by spiritual quest, flesh and the impulse to destruction."
"Set in the last days of the doomed quest for the Holy Grail, Sir Lancelot feels responsible for the failure of King Arthur's knights."
"The Arthurian legend is stripped of the aura of legend and romance and an atmosphere of inevitability and foreboding pervades a world in which God is absent. Bresson's customary rejection of psychology in the presentation of character is carried further here. As in 'Au hasard Balthazar' animals seem more sensitive than humans who are caught in the contradictions wrought by spiritual quest, flesh and the impluse to destruction."
"Verfilming van de legende van Koning Arthur en de Ridders van de Tafelronde."
"Après avoir échoué dans leur quête du Graal, les Chevaliers de la Table Ronde rentrent à la cour du roi Arthur. Lancelot est persuadé que cet insuccès est causé par l'amour coupable qu'il porte à la reine Guenièvre. Celle-ci s'efforce cependant de le retenir près d'elle et un chevalier envieux, Mordred, profite de la situation pour créer de la dissension. Lancelot est amené à lutter contre ses compagnons, mais il se ressaisit, remet solennellement la reine à son mari et affronte le félon Mordred. Avec Luc Simon, Laura Duke Condominas, Humbert Balsan, Vladimir Antolek-Oresek, Patrick Bernard et Arthur de Montalembert."
"The end of the glory that was Camelot is near as King Arthur's knights sadly return without the Holy Grail. Lancelot especially feels the failure, due to his adulterous love for Guinevere."
"Lancelot is a ruthless and ignoble opportunist who returns from his impossible futile mission to locate the Holy Grail, only to callously rekindle his affair with the Lady Guinevere. He feels that he needs her consolation because of the heavy casualties and the disappointment of a failed mission."
"Set in the last days of the doomed quest by Lancelot and the rest of King Arthur's knights for the Holy Grail, this is a tale of the end of the age of chivalry and the death of a dream."
"In this compelling and hypnotic film about the Arthurian legend, the Knights of the Round Table, their numbers depleted by their bloody and fruitless quest for the Holy Grail, return to King Arthur's court. Lancelot's passionate relationship with Queen Guinevere causes the Knights to fall out amongst themselves, which will eventually be their downfall."
"Après l'échec de la quête du Graal, les chevaliers de la Table Ronde reviennent à la cour du roi Arthur. Parmi eux, Lancelot s'éprend de la reine Guenièvre et subit pour elle une série d'épreuves. Un jeu des passions dangereux pour Arthur et ses chevaliers."