Lancelot Of The Lake

Set in the last days of the doomed quest for the Holy Grail, this is a tale of the end of the age of chivalry and the death of a dream. Riding through dark, treacherous forests, King Arthur's knights return to Camelot, their ranks decimated, their morale gone. Lancelot in particular feels responsible for their failure, sure that his adulterous love for Queen Guinevere has ruined their mission. Discouragement hangs over everything, staining the bright pageantry of the court with the twilight tones of a dying age

Show with the astonishing austere beauty that marks all of his work, this powerful chronicle of the end of the Round Table ranks with Bresson's finest achievements.