Exhibition / Room 6 Arthur

Arthur

The Arthurian figure, born from narratives composed in the 12^th and 13^th centuries in France (Chrétien de Troyes) and in England (Malory), is an endless source of creativity. It also appears in a parodic vein (Monty Python: Holy Grail!), closer to the sources (Perceval le Gallois) or melodramatic (First Knight). Boorman's adaptation, Excalibur, is a hybrid work that blends reference to the sources with spectacular mise-en-scène. These films take turns focusing on Arthur, Perceval, Gawain or Guinevere during notable episodes (the institution of the Round Table, the collapse of the kingdom).

In a satirical mode the series Kaamelott weaves contemporary expressions and ways of being into the fabric of the Arthurian quest; hence a constant disjunction that provokes laughter.