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The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
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65/100
Every rating
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Metacritic critics on 58, highest is Google on 78.
See the most agreed on films →A cynical, disillusioned advertising director is shooting a commercial in Spain when he is pulled into the world of a elderly Spanish shoemaker who believes he is Don Quixote. The shoemaker mistakes the director for his faithful squire, Sancho Panza, and they embark on a series of absurd and chivalrous adventures across the modern Spanish landscape.
Details
- Director
- Terry Gilliam
- Writers
- Terry Gilliam, Tony Grisoni
- Based on
- Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes
- Released
- 19 May 2018
- Country
- Belgium, France, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom, United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 133 min
- Rated
- NR
- Budget
- $19.1M
- Box office
- $2.4M
- Awards
- 3 wins, 5 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 8 →2 major awards won · 3 wins from 8 nominations across 4 ceremonies
| Goya Awards 2019 | Best Production Supervision | Yousaf Bokhari | Winner |
| Goya Awards 2019 | Best Makeup and Hairstyles | Sylvie Imbert, Amparo Sánchez and Pablo Perona | Winner |
| Goya Awards 2019 | Best Art Direction | Benjamín Fernández | Nominee |
| Goya Awards 2019 | Best Costume Design | Lena Mossum | Nominee |
| Goya Awards 2019 | Best Original Song | "Tarde azul de abril", Roque Baños and Tessy Díez Martín | Nominee |
| Location Managers Guild Awards 2019 | Outstanding Locations in Contemporary Film | Ana Ibañez | Nominee |
| Magritte Awards 2019 | Best Foreign Film in Coproduction | The Man Who Killed Don Quixote | Winner |
| Munich International Film Festival 2018 | Best International Film | The Man Who Killed Don Quixote | Nominee |
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8 awards — The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
×| Best Makeup and Hairstyles | Sylvie Imbert, Amparo Sánchez and Pablo Perona | Winner |
| Best Production Supervision | Yousaf Bokhari | Winner |
| Best Art Direction | Benjamín Fernández | Nominee |
| Best Costume Design | Lena Mossum | Nominee |
| Best Original Song | "Tarde azul de abril", Roque Baños and Tessy Díez Martín | Nominee |
| Best Foreign Film in Coproduction | The Man Who Killed Don Quixote | Winner |
| Outstanding Locations in Contemporary Film | Ana Ibañez | Nominee |
| Best International Film | The Man Who Killed Don Quixote | Nominee |