It's 19th century Macao. Charles Clay (Orson Welles) is wealthy man living alone in a mansion with no heirs and no relations. He tells his clerk Elishama Levinsky a story about a sailor and a wealthy old man's young wife. There is a dispute about the truth of the story. Clay only likes real stories and demands to make it true. They hire a maiden and a sailor to perform the story as real. Virginie Ducrot (Jeanne Moreau) is indignant especially since her family lost the mansion to Clay, their enemy.
This is adapted from a short story and in many ways, it is done like a play. It's a four person play. It's an unique idea and the opening premise intrigues me. It does lose a bit of steam even though it's less than an hour long. The ending is somewhat abrupt. This is an idea for a story which needs more fleshing out.
This is adapted from a short story and in many ways, it is done like a play. It's a four person play. It's an unique idea and the opening premise intrigues me. It does lose a bit of steam even though it's less than an hour long. The ending is somewhat abrupt. This is an idea for a story which needs more fleshing out.