Movie | French version of The Manuscript of Zaragoza (1973)
My personal favorite fantasy movie.
The movie is adapted from Jan Potocki's novel The Manuscript of Zaragoza. It tells the story of Alfonso, a young officer of the Walloon Guard, who rushed to Madrid to join his army. On the way, he was trapped in a mysterious roadside inn and stayed with all kinds of weird people: thieves, robbers, nobles and gypsies. He recorded their stories in sixty-six days. About forty years later, the manuscript was found in a locked box.
The novel uses strange stories, magic, love, comedy, Gothic and other literary styles. There are stories within stories. It is hailed as a masterpiece comparable to The Decameron and One Thousand and One Nights.