Tirante el Blanco (2006)

Director:

Vicente Aranda

Writers:

Vicente Aranda (screenplay)
Joanot Martorell (novel)

Release Date:

7 April 2006 (Spain)

Genre:

Adventure

Plot:

Tirante the knight is as committed to fighting the Turks in Constantinople as he is to relieving Carmesina, the heiress to the Byzantine Empire, of her virginity. |

Plot Keywords:

Female Frontal Nudity | Chivalry | Epic | Medieval | Lesbian Scene

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Casper Zafer	...	Tirante
Esther Nubiola	...	Carmesina
Leonor Watling	...	Placer De Mi Vida (Pleasure-of-my-life)
Ingrid Rubio	...	Estefanía
Jane Asher	...	Emperatriz
Charlie Cox	...	Diafebus
Sid Mitchell	...	Hipólito
Rafael Amargo	...	Gran Turco
Jay Benedict	...	Embajador Turco (Turkish Ambassador)
Victoria Abril	...	Viuda Reposada
Giancarlo Giannini	...	Emperador
Rebecca Cobos	...	Eliseo
Valentina Burgueño	...	Dama Carmesina (Carmesina's Maiden)
Julio Vélez	...	Sinópolis, Capitán 1
Ismael Martínez	...	Piramus, Capitán 2

Also Known As:

The White Knight (USA) (DVD title)

Runtime:

Spain:122 min

Country:

Italy | Spain | UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

South Korea:18

Filming Locations:

Istanbul, Turkey

Company:

DeA Planeta Home Entertainment

Trivia:

Tirant Lo Blanc, by Joanot Martorell, is the most famous chivalric romance in the Catalan language. It was written in the 15th century. Miguel de Cervantes y Saavedra, author of the great Spanish classic "Don Quixote", thought very highly of "Tirant", in contrast to his unfavorable opinion of many other books of chivalry.

Rotten pleasure of my life

Oh boy! What a shameful experience. Stakes were high with this one. Four fine actresses on a 'Dangerous liaisons' type of film but somehow in the process everything witty and entertaining contained in this great novel of the 15h century was lost in translation.

The film gives no clue whatsoever if the tales being told have anything to do with some army in particular in some period of history or with the lord of the rings saga..

(Hint: the turks are the orks, and Tirant resembles Aragorn, though no Virgo Mortensen in sight just a lookalike). (Another hint: the standard flag of Tirant's side in battle scenes)

The film carries a solemnity that echoes through the halls and chambers of every step of flight of stairs of the palace in which the static action takes place. Can you hear my yawn from the aisles of the castle?

Esther Nubiola as Carmesina -the princess-, Ingrid Rubio as Estephania, Leonor Watling as Pleasureofmylife, Victoria Abril as the Peacefulwidow and Jane Asher as the queen do their best in trying to liven things up.

But the dead funeral air of Vicente Aranda's take at sex scenes won't make you have a hard on if it's not in the way of rigor mortis.