Jean Binnet
독일군이 파리로 진군하자 ‘게오르그’는 마르세유로 탈출한다. 그는 자살한 ‘바이델’ 작가의 가방을 갖고 있는데 가방에는 작가의 원고와 아내에게서 온 편지, 멕시코 대사관에서 온 비자 허가서가 있다. ‘게오르그’는 ‘바이델’ 작가로 신분을 위조해 멕시코로 떠나려 하지만 신비한 여인 ‘마리’를 만나며 모든 것이 변하게 된다.
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In which Scheherazade doubts that she will still be able to tell stories to please the King, given that what she has to tell weighs three thousand tonnes. She therefore escapes from the palace and travels the Kingdom in search of pleasure and enchantment. Her father, the Grand-Vizier, arranges to meet her at the Ferris wheel, and Scheherazade resumes her narration: “Auspicious King, in old shanty towns of Lisbon there was a community of bewitched men who, in all rigour and passion, dedicated themselves to teaching birds to sing…”. And seeing the morning break, Scheherazade fell silent.
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Every night, in danger of being beheaded, Scheherazade tells King Shahryar unfinished tales to continue them the following night, hence defying his promise of murdering his new wives after their wedding night. Scheherazade tells king Shahryar her stories but these are not those in the book. These are stories based on whatever will be happening in Portugal during the production time of the film. As in the book, these stories will be tragic and comical, with rich and poor, powerless and powerful people, filled with surprising and extraordinary events. This film will be about the reality of a disgraced country, Portugal, under the effects of a global economic crisis.
