《《》》Storyline
Wouldn""t you like that?Ebba: Oh, I""d love it.In the Council chamber, the Queen conducts affairs of state - in a montage of meetings.With the arrival of the Spanish ambassador expected shortly, the French ambassador Chanoux (George Renavent) urgently wants Sweden to sign a treaty with France.Frank: You mean you want to go back, huh?Cora: I want to be somebody.And if I walk out like this, I""ll lose everything and I""ll never be anybody.Oh, I love you Frank, and I want you, but not this way.Not starting out like a couple of tramps.I""m going back.They hurriedly return by bus to Twin Oaks, arriving just before Nick does.Immediately, Cora destroys the note left for Nick in the cash register.Together, they hatch the idea of a murder plot after witnessing the near-collision of an inebriated Nick narrowly avoiding a freight truck:Frank: I""d like to see him get plastered like that some night and drive off a cliff.At a lampost, she also discovered a half-human, half-goat faun (or satyr) with hooves named Mr.Tumnus (James McAvoy), who was astonished to find a ""human"" in his world of Narnia.Over tea, toast, and cakes next to a roaring fire in his rock-cave dwelling with his "new friend," Tumnus explained how Narnia hadn""t experienced Christmas for 100 years ("Always winter, never Christmas").The landmark, tragi-comedy film, one of the most erotic cinematic works ever produced, was based on Tennessee Williams"" first original film screenplay, interweaving and adapting two of his earlier one-act plays: "Twenty-Seven Wagons Full of Cotton" and "The Long Stay Cut Short" (aka "The Unsatisfactory Supper").