Don Chisciotte
Wounded at the Battle of Lepanto and recoverying in a Messina hospital, Miguel de Cervantes experiences a vision amidst fever and hallucinations. From the flames of burning books, Don Alonso Quijano is born—a man driven mad by tales of chivalry who transforms into the knight-errant Don Quixote. Accompanied by the simple Sancho Panza, lured by the promise of an island to rule, Quixote embarks on a quest where inns become castles and windmills turn into giants. Despite the cruel mockery of bored nobles and a series of crushing defeats, his madness reveals a disarming purity: he fights solely for justice and freedom, even as the world laughs. Betrayed and humiliated, he is eventually brought home in a cage, unable to survive without his ideals. As he dies, the scene shifts back to the Sicilian night: from the pain of war, Cervantes has forged a masterpiece—the stubborn dream of a more liberated humanity.
Cast
Alessio Boni
as Don Chisciotte
Fiorenzo Mattu
as
Marcello Fonte
as
Ángela Molina
as
Galatea Ranzi
as
Gabriella Bagnasco
as
Carlo Luca De Ruggieri
as
Giovanni Capalbo
as
Giacomo Fadda
as
Michele Ferrara
as
