Once upon a time there was the story of a little duckling that looked very different from the others. Tall, thin and all black, he nevertheless tries to play on his mischief and his kindness to be accepted by his brothers. But all his efforts are in vain... He decides to escape from the village and then begins the most extraordinary of odysseys.
Set on May 18, 1993—the day on which Denmark voted to join the European Union, just a few months after they'd voted not to do so—the film follows eight or so disparate Danes (an escaped mental patient, a newly-famous singer, a business executive, and their assorted families and cohorts) as they unwittingly alter one another's lives, for better and for worse.
Director Mohsen Makhmalbaf claims to have never seen a movie before making his first film. Doubtful as it sounds, this boast matches perfectly with the controversial artist's personae.
An old tango singer tries to contact his teenage son. A woman who is death or the Devil appears to him and asks him to sell his soul to connect with his son again.
