The Green Knight

The ever-surprising David Lowery, who wrapped Casey Affleck in a sheet and had Robert Redford robbing banks in his seventies, this time offers his take on Arthurian legends. He casts Dev Patel as Sir Gawain, King Arthur's nephew, who takes up a Christmas challenge to a violent game from an unexpected guest, the Green Knight (who slightly resembles Tolkien's Ents). Though Gawain manages to chop off the Green Knight’s head, in a year he will have to let the visitor return the blow. In one of the most beautiful and mysterious films of the year, Lowery spins a wild fantasy. There is no shortage of sad giants, Saint Winifred, and a fox who probably came here straight from the Lars von Trier's set of the Antichrist. Inspired by Willow, the American director takes viewers to another world, wondering what exactly is this "honor" that the young, naive Gawain fights so fiercely for. And what is true love, which in turn he does not seem to notice.