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Diaries of Don QuixoteDiarios de Don Quixote

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A leather-bound diary, an inkwell and a dip pen on a wooden table

The film-maker's father sitting under a vine-covered pergola

A hand writing the prologue into the diary

A woman sitting on a rock in the mountains, filmed through tall grass

A German passport and an international driving licence on a wooden table

A lot can be said about Don Quixote. He is a madman, a wastrel, a daydreamer and a pretender, but there is one thing nobody can deny him: his guts. Don Quixote sets out to experience the adventures he had only read about. He takes up the fight with giants, and even though no one sees them but him, he believes in them – and so his attack on the windmills is nothing less than a heroic deed. It is easy to laugh at him.

But those who are confident enough to follow in his footsteps will earn freedom and courage.