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Perdican (Nicolas Van Burek), a baron’s son, and Camille (Julie Le Gal) the baron’s niece, have loved each other since childhood. The Baron (Raymond Accolas) assumes that when they meet after their years of separate schooling they will marry. Here, however, the pride of the younger generation frustrates the hopes of the older. Camille’s convent education has led her to believe all men are cads, while Perdican’s life away in Paris has led to several affairs. To test Camille’s unexpected coldness, he begins a fling with a peasant girl Rosette (Mélanie Beauchamp).
Alex, a young female doctor, travels to Al Janeen for work. While there she angers the king, Azam, who has her thrown out of the palace for being a heretic. This is a great blow to Alex. Ever since she was a child she has dreamed of the world described in Arabian Nights. While attempting to return to her home country, she suddenly becomes entangled in a civil war, and finds herself being left behind in a mountain village—with Azam! There's no safe place for outsiders. After being unable to locate lodging, Azam suddenly gives Alex a kiss. One that she thought was like magic... Then, suddenly, he says to her, "There's only one way to overcome our current predicament. Marry me, right now."
