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During the New Year celebrations, the Green Knight appears at Camelot and challenges the Knights of the Round Table to an unusual game. Any of the knights may strike him once with an axe, under the condition that the Green Knight will return the blow within a year, to the day. Sir Gawain accepts the challenge, and so begins a timeless tale of courage, honor, and human frailty.
David Lowery, director of indie hits Ain’t Them Bodies Saints and A Ghost Story, brings us an epic fantasy based on one of the Arthurian legends, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. In this epic poem from the late 14th century, Gawain sets out on a journey full of trials and temptation in order to fulfil his chivalrous duties and protect his honor. The story – a celebration of Christian virtues and a testimony to fading Celtic culture and its close connection to nature – is one of the masterpieces of Anglo-Saxon literature and has been translated into modern English by, among others, J. R. R. Tolkien. Lowery’s vision is a darker, more mature, but visually consummate retelling of the classic tale of a young man who must earn his place at the Round Table.
During the New Year celebrations, the Green Knight appears at Camelot and challenges the Knights of the Round Table to an unusual game. Any of the knights may strike him once with an axe, under the condition that the Green Knight will return the blow within a year, to the day. Sir Gawain accepts the challenge, and so begins a timeless tale of courage, honor, and human frailty.
David Lowery, director of indie hits Ain’t Them Bodies Saints and A Ghost Story, brings us an epic fantasy based on one of the Arthurian legends, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. In this epic poem from the late 14th century, Gawain sets out on a journey full of trials and temptation in order to fulfil his chivalrous duties and protect his honor. The story – a celebration of Christian virtues and a testimony to fading Celtic culture and its close connection to nature – is one of the masterpieces of Anglo-Saxon literature and has been translated into modern English by, among others, J. R. R. Tolkien. Lowery’s vision is a darker, more mature, but visually consummate retelling of the classic tale of a young man who must earn his place at the Round Table.