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.
Alessio Boni
Don Chisciotte
Fiorenzo Mattu
Marcello Fonte
Ángela Molina
Galatea Ranzi
Gabriella Bagnasco
Carlo Luca De Ruggieri
Giovanni Capalbo
Giacomo Fadda
Michele Ferrara
Pino Torcasio
Director
Fabio Segatori
Writers
Fabio Segatori, Paola Columba
Fabrizio Bondi
Original Music Composer
Clarst11
7/4/2026
I have nothing to say about the main two protagonist and the farm-girl princess but the rest of the cast is so bad...made it feel like a telenevola, which is so sad bc it had so much potential. This is to remind us that even background and secondary roles need be just as important and REAL as much as the main character Sancho. Also the filming, you get great shots of the scenery but then they get lost, they don't flow.
