Down Quixote

Aug 22, 2022

1h 44m

★ 0.0

THE STORY OF DON QUIXOTE LIKE YOU'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE

Overview

Down Quixote is a feature film adapted from the classic Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes, written and directed by Leonardo Cortez, with a cast made up exclusively of actors with Down Syndrome. The actors are part of the ADID Theater Group which, in 2021, completes 23 years of existence, with 12 shows inspired by classics of world dramaturgy.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Spray Filmes

SESI-SP - Serviço Social da Indústria

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Cast

Dom Quixote

Ian Pereira

Policial / Contrarregra

Rodrigo Botoni

Jovem Cigana 1

Giovanna Marteleto

Segismundo

Daniel Gejer

Sr Antônio

Renan Sant'Ana

Padre Miguel

Marcos Minoru

Encrenca Pança

Giulia Merigo

Fedegoso

Felipe Assunção

Antonella

Jéssica Pereira

Sra Francisca

Katia Maçães

Sancho Pança

João Simões

Cervantes / Diogo

Diogo Junqueira

Don Quixote, accompanied by Sancho Panza, wander the roads of Spain protecting the weak and doing good deeds in the name of his beloved Dulcinea. (Orson Welles' Don Quixote was filmed between 1957 and 1972, left unfinished at his death in 1985, and was eventually edited by Jesús Franco and released in 1992.)

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