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THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME Movie - Plot Synopsis: The story of a family and a family business. THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME, a film by Wes Anderson. In select theaters New York & Los Angeles May 30, everywhere June 6.

Starring: Benicio del Toro as Zsa-zsa Korda, one of the richest men in Europe; Mia Threapleton as Liesl, his daughter/a nun; Michael Cera as Bjorn, their tutor. With: Riz Ahmed, Tom Hanks, Bryan Cranston, Mathieu Amalric, Richard Ayoade, Jeffrey Wright, Scarlett Johansson, Benedict Cumberbatch, Rupert Friend, Hope Davis.
Transcript
00:00Ready, and action!
00:03Our story begins somewhere in the middle of Zsa Zsa's sixth airplane crash.
00:08I've got a cornfield in a, looks like a soybean field, which is going to be softer.
00:13Inconclusive.
00:15Never mind, I'll be in the cornfield.
00:18Go!
00:23Later, there's another plane crash in a jungle.
00:26That one, they have to live in the wreckage for a period of time.
00:30It's sort of a turning point in our story.
00:33Some key revelations about the characters come out of this experience they share living on their crash site.
00:39You can burn the house down after all if we survive.
00:44That opening sequence in that room, we had real paintings, we had real Magritte paintings.
00:49I think maybe you're the first owner.
00:51I probably knew him personally.
00:52I went to Belgium, he was hanging out.
00:54And it showed the extravagance of Zsa Zsa's wealth.
00:58Never buy good pictures.
01:00Buy masterpieces.
01:03The last part of the story is set in a hotel.
01:09Once owned by Zsa Zsa's father, built by Zsa Zsa and Nubar's grandfather.
01:14Now owned by an American conglomerate called Slumber Lux.
01:17This is just a symbolic meeting, it's a formality.
01:22It's really incredible to walk into this world which is so layered.
01:28Let's communicate.
01:30You are in a Wes Anderson movie.
01:33Everything is all in sync.
01:35All in favor?
01:36Aye.
01:37And the story becomes funny and dangerous.
01:40But I think that humanity is really what's gonna bring all the satisfaction that you're seeking.
01:45in that you're seeking.
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  • Anna8 months ago
    The Phoenician Scheme, huh? They throw clues in your face, knowing you won't understand them. Read Miles W. Mathis to find out where the Phoenicians really went
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