The Spell of Quijat

Screening November 23, 2024

Showtimes

Saturday, November 23

7:00pm

Ticketing

$7 /Single Ticket 

$35 /All-Access Pass 

15% Off all tickets for FACETS Members

What if chasing the secrets of a classic novel led you to the brink of madness? 

The famous stage actor Rafael Álvarez, ‘El Brujo’, goes mad trying to stage Don Quixote of La Mancha, just as Alonso Quijano went mad reading chivalry romances. His obsession is to prove the Arab origins of the novel, as Cervantes himself claims in chapter IX of the book, attributing its authorship to a certain Cide Hamete Benengeli, an Arab historian. Chumilla-Carbajosa, a filmmaker and a personal friend of the actor, travels in search of answers while ‘El Brujo’ rehearses his show with the intention of revealing to the world his surprising discoveries about the myth of Don Quixote and an alleged secret society called Los Caballeros de la Palabra (The Knights of the Word). 

Juan Manuel Chumilla-Carbajosa, Spain, 2022, 73 minutes, in Spanish with English subtitles.

EUNIC FILM FESTIVAL

This screening is a part of the EUNIC Film Festival. The European Union National Institute for Culture (EUNIC) Film Festival strives on explore the diverse cultural landscapes of Europe, offering fresh perspectives on the continent’s evolving identities, and bringing a rich selection of foreign films to Chicago. Learn more here.

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