EYES OF MAGİC
By Mehmet Murat ildan
Plot Summary
The Count, Signor Monteverdi, in danger of losing everything due to his large gambling debts seeks out the magician, Metastasio, for help. He asks Metastasio to cast a spell on the rich merchant Domenico so that the merchant will fall in love with Monteverdi's ugly daughter Vittoria.
The spell requires a tuft of Domenico's hair. Monteverdi charges his servant, Pellico, with the task of obtaining the hair from the local barber Tartini since the two are friends. Tartini is irreligious, unmarried, and poor. Unaware of Monteverdi's gambling debts and the fact that Vittoria is ugly, the barber cheats Pellico by giving him a tuft of his own hair instead of the merchant Domenico's hair.
At the end, Tartini learns the truth, but it is too late any more; nobody can recast the spell! Now, the ugly daughter, Signorina Vittoria falls in love with Tartini. To get rid of her and save himself from this strong spell, barber Tartini must run away from the town and take refuge in a monastery. He can protect himself from spell's influence only when he is inside the monastery.
Signor Monteverdi is not able to pay his gambling debts and he loses everything he has. Thus, Pellico is left without a job and in order to survive, he takes refuge to Tartini's monastery. Since he is an atheist, barber Tartini can not adapt himself to religious life in the monastery and he wants to suicide. But, Pellico gives a tempting idea to Tartini: Killing Signorina Vittoria!
According to the plan, Pellico leaves the monastery and hires a murderer to kill Count's daughter... However, the plan fails. Signorina Vittoria manages to persuade the murderer and so she saves her own life. Now, she knows that Tartini is the main responsible for all these problems and she decides to take a revenge on him....
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