William Thatcher, a peasant, is sent to apprentice with a Knight named Hector as a young boy. Urged by his father to "change his Stars", he assumes Sir Hector's place in a tournament when Hector dies in the middle of it. He wins. With the other apprentices, he trains and assumes the title of Sir Ulrich von Lichtenstein.
This movie contains 12 potentially triggering events.
There is a prolonged scene where a male character follows and watches a woman from afar. A male character is followed and spied on by a few people in one scene.
Yes and no. A vendor advertises cat meat (in the form of pieces of meat on skewers, not visually identifiable as coming from cats). We don't see any of the cats whose meat is sold.
A lance hits a character's helmet in the face, which dents inwards and is implied to be stuck on the character's head. The character is, however, uninjured, and the head itself is not squished or misshapen.