Monsignor Quixote and his talking and arguing with Sancho? Issues, conflict? The decision about the trip? His car being his Rocinante? The police - and the windmills? The journey? Continued talk and discussion? Faith in the Trinity? The wine? The worldly experiences on the trip? The socks? Changing collars? The hearing of confession? The sex film and Monsignor's reaction? The visit to Franco's tomb? Wandering the cities, laughing gently at human nature? The criminal and the Latin? The shoes? The bishop and his anxiety? Avila? Theresa and the phone call? The drive, praying, the visit to the Cistercian monastery? The final Mass? The curate? The bishop and his attitude towards scandal? Death? The madness of the dreamer? Fantasy and realism?Ħ. Alec Guinness as Monsignor Quixote: in the village, details of his life, study, regrets? The parish? The house and the meals? The bishop: help, the meal, talk, promotion? His way with words? Theresa and her protection? The town and his work? Sancho and being ousted? Politics in Spain, communists? Franco? The civil war?ĥ. The title, the link with Don Quixote? His descendant as a Catholic priest? The allegory with Don Quixote's adventures? Updated? The comparisons?Ĥ. A telemovie, British quality? Spanish locations, evocation of atmosphere? Musical score and moods?ģ. The popularity-of Graham Greene's work? His novella? Adaptation as a telemovie? The stars and their performances?Ģ. The two roles are expertly played by Alec Guinness and Leo Mc Kern.ġ. The Mayor is his Sancho, a man with a communist background, a critic of the religious viewpoint. Monsignor Quixote, like his ancestor the Don, is an idealist, an observer of human nature, naive but seeing goodness everywhere. Written in Greene's old age, it is about society - a bit akin to Don Camillo and his relationship with the communist mayor, Peppone. Monsignor Quixote is a telemovie adaptation of the novella by Graham Greene. Peter Malone's Film Reviews and ResourcesĪlec Guinness, Leo McKern ?, Ian Richardson, Philip Stone, Rosalie Crutchley, Graham Crowden, Maurice Denham.Michael Fallon Books and Audio-visual Resources.St Mary's Towers Retreat Centre, Douglas Park NSW.Missionary Sisters of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus.Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart.

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