Follow journey of Don Quixote
Strong 8,5/10
Quite an emotional movie and it even managed to make me feel a little sad.
The premise is straightforward and carries a clear Don Quixotish vibe.
The female lead is an arrogant director in trouble who finds a local man convinced he is Superman. She starts filming him because he is perfect content, something funny to exploit for her project.
At the beginning the whole thing plays like a joke. They follow him around because his “hero work” is entertaining and absurd. He lives in his own world, completely committed to his mission, and that is where the Don Quixote feeling appears right from the start. You watch a man on a personal quest that only he fully understands.
As the journey continues, the tone shifts. The director slowly realizes he is not putting on an act for the camera. He truly lives in his own heroic world, and the moments where his imagined feats overlap with ordinary reality make it clear that she misread him from the start.
What began as easy content turns into something heavier. She starts to sense there is a story behind him she never bothered to see, and the joke she wanted to film becomes something far more human.
Quite an emotional movie and it even managed to make me feel a little sad.
The premise is straightforward and carries a clear Don Quixotish vibe.
The female lead is an arrogant director in trouble who finds a local man convinced he is Superman. She starts filming him because he is perfect content, something funny to exploit for her project.
At the beginning the whole thing plays like a joke. They follow him around because his “hero work” is entertaining and absurd. He lives in his own world, completely committed to his mission, and that is where the Don Quixote feeling appears right from the start. You watch a man on a personal quest that only he fully understands.
As the journey continues, the tone shifts. The director slowly realizes he is not putting on an act for the camera. He truly lives in his own heroic world, and the moments where his imagined feats overlap with ordinary reality make it clear that she misread him from the start.
What began as easy content turns into something heavier. She starts to sense there is a story behind him she never bothered to see, and the joke she wanted to film becomes something far more human.
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