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The Green Knight (2021)
★ 6.6 · 2,182 ratings on TMDB
When honor was everything.
An epic fantasy adventure based on the timeless Arthurian legend, The Green Knight tells the story of Sir Gawain, King Arthur's reckless and headstrong nephew, who embarks on a daring quest to confront the eponymous Green Knight, a gigantic emerald-skinned stranger and tester of men.
DirectorDavid Lowery
The emergence reading
The Green Knight keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing honor, tradition, identity, power, authority.
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