Terry Gilliam completes filming of 'The Man Who Killed Don Quixote'

The film's director and screenwriter Terry Gilliam, who has worked on the project for 17 years, puts an end to the filming that took place in different locations in Spain and Portugal.

After 17 years of pre-production, filming of The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, a classic fantasy and adventure tale inspired by Miguel de Cervantes' legendary literary protagonist, Don Quixote.

The film is directed by acclaimed director Terry Gilliam (The Fisher King, 12 Monkeys, Brazil, The Imaginary of Doctor Parnassus, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas). Casting includes Adam Driver (Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Paterson, Silence), Jonathan Pryce (Pirates of the Caribbean Saga, The Brothers Grimm, Brazil, Tomorrow Never Dies) who has previously collaborated with Gilliam and plays Don Quixote, Stellan Skarsgård (A Traitor Like Us, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Will Hunting), Olga Kurylenko (Quantum of Solace, Oblivion, To the Wonder), Joana Ribeiro (Portugal is not for sale, at an uncertain time), Oscar Jaenada (Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, The Cold Light of Day), Jordi Mollá (Criminal, In the heart of the sea), Sergi López (Pan's Labyrinth, Hidden Business, Harry, a friend who loves you) and Rossy de Palma (Juliet, The flower of my secret, Lord give me patience).

Filming has taken place in different locations in Spain and Portugal. Terry Gilliam is the author of the script along with Tony Grisoni, with whom he already collaborated on Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Tideland y The Brothers Grimm.

Gerardo Herrero, Mariela Besuievsky, Amy Gilliam, Tornasol Films, Kinology, Recorded Picture Company, Entre Chien et Loup and Ukbar Filmes in association with Alacran Pictures are the producers of the film that has the participation of TVE, Movistar +, Eurimages and Wallimage.

International sales are managed by Kinology. Amazon Studios has acquired distribution rights for the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom; and Telemunchen for Germany and Austria. Distribution in Spain will be carried out by Warner Bros Pictures International Spain.

The film's director and screenwriter Terry Gilliam, who has worked on the project since 1989, notes that "Don Quixote is a dreamer, an idealist and a romantic, determined not to accept the limitations of reality, moving forward regardless of setbacks, as we have done since the beginning of production. We have been working on this for so long that the idea of finishing shooting this "clandestine" film is quite surreal. Any sensible person would have given up years ago, but sometimes the Big-headed dreamers win in the end, so I thank all the idealists who have come together to make this dream come true.”

The Man Who Killed Don Quixote tells the story of an old man convinced that he is Don Quixote and who confuses Toby, an advertising executive, with his faithful squire, Sancho Panza. The couple embarks on a strange journey, jumping back and forth in time, between the current 21st century and the magical 17th century. Little by little Toby, like the infamous knight, becomes infected with that illusory world incapable of separating dream and reality. The story culminates in a ghostly and emotional ending where Toby takes over from Don Quixote de la Mancha.

The select cast has been put together by casting directors Irene Lamb and Camila Valentine Isola. Gilliam once again has the famous cinematographer Nicola Pecorini (Zero Theorem, The Imaginary of Doctor Parnassus, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas) in this project.