Death to the hunchbacks (Direction)

Matteo Friberg – Death to the hunchbacks (Direction)

Knight Borboron is poisoned and wants to apologize to Hildegund before dying.

Diploma project (2024) by Matteo Friberg

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Fiction / 25 min

Synopsis

Knight Borboron, is forced to give in to peer pressure and, in order to avoid fighting in battle, eats a piece of poisoned cake. He quickly regrets his decision and feels overcome with a weight on his conscience. In a panic, he makes his young squire Michmich escort him on a final quest that will assuage his guilt and thus enable him to die with dignity: to apologize to Hildegrund.

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