Bookish sketch artist Niles Paulson is obsessed with an old murder case. While out in a remote area of the desert to show a drawing to a witness he breaks down. After hours in the scorching sun help finally arrives. But when the stranger steps out of his car, there's no mistaking his likeness to the killer and now Paulson finds himself in worse shape than ever imagined.
When the president of The Grand Turkish Republic demands a schnitzel before allowing any Turks to leave the vanishing earth, his helpless assistant Kamil must come up with the fried meat, despite the chickens being dead for over 200 years.
Within the chambers of a desolate house, a solitary servant tends to his invalid master. Tangibly detailed period design and hauntingly lifelike puppetry unearth the dreamworld of Poe.