Salome

Salomé is intrigued by John the Baptist, the prisoner that King Herod (her stepfather) keeps in the underground cistern. She slips away from a state banquet hosted by Herod and insists on seeing the prisoner. He's brought out and she is instantly infatuated with him, but he rejects her. When Herod begs her to dance the Dance of the Seven Veils, she agrees, and later demands the head of John the Baptist as her reward. An exploration of desire, lo...