ABSTRACT This article reads Chevalier (2015, Rachel Athina Tsangari) as an allegory of the Greek ‘crisis‘ following the global economic downturn of 2008. This has been a common theme of the recent Greek 'weird wave’, but the article claims that Chevalier offers a somewhat different approach to politics than that offered by other weird wave films. Informed by the writings of political philosopher Etienne Balibar, the article foregrounds notions of the conflict between the individual and the community, especially of the ways in which the actions and decisions of individuals are usurped by external authorities. The article thus argues that the game played by the main characters in Chevalier offers an allegory of the austerity measures imposed on Greece by the European Union in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. Ultimately I argue that Chevalier relates specifically to the conditions of the Greek crisis, but that it also points to the ways in which the European Union, in its current guise, has stifled democracy in favour of a system of rules that limits the possibilities of what Balibar calls reflexive individualism.

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侠士（2015）和欧洲比赛的规则

摘要本文将侠义骑士（Chevalier，2015年，瑞秋·阿西娜·桑加里（Rachel Athina Tsangari））作为对2008年全球经济下滑后希腊“危机”的寓言。提供了一种与其他怪异波浪电影不同的政治方法。在政治哲学家埃蒂安·巴里巴尔（Etienne Balibar）的著作的指导下，本文提出了个人与社区之间冲突的概念，特别是外部当局篡夺个人的行为和决定的方式。因此，该文章认为，侠义骑士的主要角色所玩的游戏提供了一种寓言，寓意着欧盟在2008年金融危机之后对希腊实施的紧缩措施。