The King (Cobblers’ Lot)
Película de episodios, en la que se exploran mitos, cultura y folklore desde el punto de vista de varios directores internacionales de cine fantástico y de terror.
L'arbitre
Budapest International Chess Tournament. The most likely winner: Cal Fournier (22), French champion, immature genius, socially awkward, compulsive player. But this time, an unusual 9-years-old Hungarian opponent disrupts this smooth-running routine.
Kaposi bácsi
Dani was always the good boy at school and is about to get married. He bumps into Tímea Hajnal, who is now a top model but is trying to get over a humiliating break-up. After a few glasses of wine, they fall into each other’s arms, which wouldn’t be so bad on the face of it, but there’s a tiny problem: Bögöcs, the bad boy of the class, has been recording everything on his mobile phone, and he’s thinking of using it to finally be able to fulfil his teenage dream - to sleep with Tímea. He threatens to show the video to Dani’s fiancée if he doesn’t take steps to set things up for him with Tímea. The pressure very quickly starts to have consequences for Dani’s relationship with his bride-to-be, as she starts to nag him chronically. The wedding is fast approaching, and Dani has to do something…
Breathless Tenement Man
Trata de los últimos días de la vida de Edgar Allan Poe. El escritor colabora en la búsqueda de un asesino cuyos crímenes se inspiran en sus obras. La muerte de Poe siempre ha estado envuelta en el misterio: fue encontrado en las calles de Baltimore, en un estado deplorable, vistiendo la ropa de otra persona, y repetía el nombre de Reynols, un explorador polar protagonista de sus novelas. Poco después, murió en el hospital sin llegar a explicar lo que le había sucedido. Sus últimas palabras fueron, ¡Que Dios ayude a mi pobre alma!
