
User Score
0 votes
Centuries old ritual in the Malwa region of central India, women circle around the Banyan tree for the long life of their husbands. A girl attempts to untangle her memories of her childhood, and hopes to see what's beyond the banyan tree.
Status
Released
Original Language
HI
After the lewd and frenetic Dance of the Seven Veils, and with the solemn pledge from the very lips of Herod himself that she could have whatever her heart desires up to half his kingdom, wanton and proud young Salomé comes before her king with an unreasonable demand. Beguiled by John the Baptist, and then scorned for the sake of his god, lascivious Salomé—encouraged by her mother, the vindictive, Herodias—commands that John be executed and his head delivered on a silver platter.