Romance & Sensual · 3 parts
Continuity, Seoul
A film makeup artist paints the same scar on the same actor every morning, until the actor arrives with a real scar on the wrong side of his face.
Stories tagged “romantic-mystery”
Romance & Sensual · 3 parts
Silk Thread, Jaipur
A textile designer spots one tiny knot inside a royal sari said to be 200 years old.
Romance & Sensual · 3 parts
The Fan Painter of Seville
A painting vanishes from a Seville museum, and the only clue left behind is a hand-painted silk fan. Its maker is a fan painter who recognises his own swallows.
Romance & Sensual · 3 parts
The Florist of Amalfi
A wedding bouquet order comes with strange instructions: seven white roses and one red, placed exactly. The florist realises the flowers are a signal.
Romance & Sensual · 3 parts
The High Voice of Tbilisi
A sound engineer recording a church choir in Tbilisi hears eleven voices when only ten singers are in the room.
Romance & Sensual · 3 parts
The Lace Map of Bruges
A lace restorer in Bruges is given a 60-year-old piece that is not a tablecloth at all. Its flowers are a code, and the numbers point to diamonds hidden since 1963.
Romance & Sensual · 3 parts
The Last Pas de Deux
Three weeks before opening night, a sandbag falls from the rigging and misses Copenhagen's star dancer by one step. Someone wants him off the stage.
Romance & Sensual · 3 parts
The Tailor of the Waterfront
A Cape Town tailor is asked to make three identical suits in three different sizes. Each measurement is a clue that a famous businessman plans to vanish with millions.
Romance & Sensual · 3 parts
The Voice of the Blue Door
A fado singer in Lisbon is left an old iron key by a regular customer who asked for the same song every night. The key opens a boathouse on the Tagus.
Romance & Sensual · 3 parts
The Winter Stylist of Québec
On the first night of Québec's Winter Carnival, a famous singer misses her hairdresser's appointment.