He envisions himself fleeing back to the king's court and becoming king after his uncle's death. Gawain kneels for the blow again, but at the last moment, he scrambles away. The Green Knight swings the axe and Gawain flinches. Gawain waits through the night, and the Green Knight awakens on Christmas morning. Gawain chases off the fox and takes the boat to the chapel, where the Knight sits in hibernation for Christmas day. The fox speaks to Gawain, imploring him to turn back. ![]() ![]() Gawain reaches a stream where a boat is waiting. The Lord reveals that he has captured Gawain's fox on his hunt and releases it to Gawain, but Gawain does not offer him the girdle. Gawain hurriedly flees the castle but encounters the Lord in the forest, who gives him a kiss. In exchange for the girdle, Gawain allows her to masturbate him but stains the girdle in the process. The next morning, the Lady presents Gawain with the protective green girdle, which she claims to have made herself. The Lord and Gawain agree that the Lord will trade any prize from his hunt for whatever Gawain receives at the castle. The Lord's lady resembles Essel she makes seductive moves toward Gawain and during one of these efforts steals his token of Essel. They reach a castle inhabited by a Lord, who informs him that the Green Chapel is nearby and invites Gawain to stay until closer to Christmas. Gawain befriends a fox who accompanies him on his journey and they encounter a group of giants. He finds her skull and reunites it with her skeletal remains the next morning, he finds the axe has been returned to him. He asks what he will receive in return, but is rebuffed. He is awakened by a young woman named Winifred, who asks him to retrieve something that she has lost from a nearby spring. At nightfall, Gawain arrives at an abandoned cottage and falls asleep in its bed. After hallucinating his own death, he crawls to his sword and uses it to cut himself free before pursuing the thieves. Shortly afterward, the boy and two others ambush Gawain and steal the axe, girdle, and horse, leaving Gawain tied up. The boy directs Gawain to a stream that leads to the Green Chapel and requests payment. ![]() On his journey, he crosses a battlefield littered with dead warriors, where he meets a scavenging boy. She says that as long as he wears it, he shall suffer no harm. He takes the green axe and he wears a green girdle given to him by his mother. Gawain departs on horseback for the Green Chapel. The king reminds him to uphold his side of the challenge as time draws near. Gawain lives on the story of his deed and revels all year. The knight rises, retrieves his severed head, repeats the requisite date to Gawain, and rides away. The knight yields, and Gawain, wielding the king's sword, decapitates him. He barges into the king's court and states that any knight who lands a blow on him will win his green axe but must travel to the Green Chapel and receive an equal blow in return on the following Christmas. ![]() Elsewhere, in a tower, Gawain's mother performs a magic rite that summons the mysterious Green Knight. Gawain attends a feast at the Round Table with his uncle, the king, who invites Gawain to sit at his right hand though he has yet to acquire a story to tell of himself, the mark of a true knight. He returns to the king's court, where he is scolded by his mother. On Christmas morning, Gawain is awakened in a brothel by his lover, a common woman named Essel. It grossed over $19 million against a budget of $15 million. The film received acclaim from critics for its cinematography, music, acting (particularly Patel's), production values, and Lowery's originality, direction and writing. The Green Knight was theatrically released in the United States on July 30, 2021, by A24. It also stars Alicia Vikander, Joel Edgerton, Sarita Choudhury, Sean Harris, and Ralph Ineson. The film stars Dev Patel as Gawain, who sets out on a journey to test his courage and face the Green Knight. The Green Knight is a 2021 epic medieval fantasy film directed, written, edited, and produced by David Lowery, adapted from the 14th-century poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.
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