Mediterranean storytelling without borders. Tales from Sicily: passionate and heartfelt, strange and quirky, sometimes even coarse. They deal with intrigue, envy, and hatred, as well as loyalty, humanity, friendship, and love. A selection of the most beautiful Sicilian tales in their original form as told by the folk, just as they were presented to a large audience by storytellers at the end of the 19th century. Stories that reflect the colorful kaleidoscope of a unique oral culture caught between insular isolation and foreign influences. We meet the clever Beppe, who wants to bring joy to his poor mother for Carnival and gives a cold-blooded bandit chief quite a run for his money for a plate of macaroni. We hear of a naive girl, more beautiful than the sun, who is kidnapped by a siren and then rescued.