Chevaliers

Network : Historia et France 3 grand-ouest
Type : Factual
Format : 3 x 90’ + 1 x 52’
Directed by : Serge Tignères

Résumé :

The world championship of Medieval jousting is held every year, bringing together the best jousters in the world. Passionate about the history of the Middles Ages, these men are virtuosi in resurrecting the art of chivalrous fighting with their courtly duels.

The best eight of these modern-day knights from Belgium, Switzerland and France challenge each other over a five-day period in an exceptional tournament.

As in the Middle Ages, they set out with their squires from Cathar castles in the deepest reaches of France’s Corbières region in an attempt to reach a plateau lost in the heart of the Pyrenees: Castel d’Ost. Their adventures provide an opportunity to discover the history of chivalry, with a focus on re-enactment groups in archeological parks or castles.

Along the way, competitors are eliminated through duels, drawn beforehand. In a final battle, the two surviving knights, surrounded by those eliminated, have a go at each other in a final courtly joust.