Happily ever after wasn't always the way fairy tales turned out. Sometimes Princesses, Kings, Queens and their pretenders need to be careful what they wish for. The Queen of Longtrellis, The King of Highhills and The King of Strongcliff are three such people who would do anything to make their biggest dreams come true.
For the Queen of Longtrellis, all she's ever wanted is a child of her own but the king and queen haven't been able to conceive. Not willing to wait any longer, the queen consults a sorcerer who is able to grant the Queens wish at any price the enchanter wishes.
The King of Highhills was never blessed with a son, his daughter is his only living heir and invites his citizens to take part in a challenge to win the hand of his daughter. When a brute of a ogre wins his challenge, the princess is given away and begins a lonesome life with him in the mountains. However, despite the ogre abusing the slight girl, as each day passes, she becomes stronger and bides her time before the day that she can become the leader her Kingdom needs.
Finally we see the King of Strongcliff who finds himself becoming enchanted by the dulcet tones of one of the townsfolk singing and instantly falls for the ladies voice. Wishing to meet the woman behind the voice, the king arranges to spend the night with the woman but she insists that the couple spend the entire evening in pitch black. The woman behind the voice has a secret, she's an old woman and doesn't want the king to know. The king can't resist but cheat and see his love but when he does, he's enraged. The woman soon finds herself cast under a magic spell and perhaps both their dreams might come true?
Starring: Salma Hayek, Vincent Cassel, Toby Jones, John C. Reilly, Stacy Martin, Shirley Henderson, Hayley Carmichael, Bebe Cave, Christian Lees, Jonah Lees, Laura Pizzirani