
Phoenician Scheme, The
PG-13, 2025, Focus Features
Director:
Wes Anderson
Starring:
Benicio Del Toro, Mia Threapleton, Michael Cera, Benedict Cumberbatch, Scarlett Johansson
Plot:
Wealthy businessman Zsa-zsa Korda appoints his only daughter, a nun, as sole heir to his estate. As Korda embarks on a new enterprise, they soon become the target of scheming tycoons, foreign terrorists and determined assassins.
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Novices play experts
Themes: Competition, Experience vs Inexperience, Overconfidence, Skill, Sports
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Why was prayer answered
Themes: God's Intervention, God's Will, Good Intentions, Prayer, Prayer Answered
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Saved man owes debt
Themes: Debt, Helping Others, Salvation, Self-Sacrifice, Stealing, Violence
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Child testifies to what she saw
Themes: Children, Evidence, God's Judgment, Witnessing
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Bad situation gets worse
Themes: Bad News, Danger, Facing Trials, Overcoming Challenges, Priorities, Storms of Life
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Dying man insists on saving self
Themes: Helping Others, Jesus, Pride, Rescue, Salvation, Self-Reliance, Unbelievers
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Themes: Fatherhood, Parent-Child Relationship, Parenting, Raising Children
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Man citizen of nowhere
Themes: Belonging, Community, Isolation, Self-Reliance
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Nun forgives terrible sin
Themes: Apology, Confession, Forgiveness, Repentance
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Man claims to want conversion
Themes: Being Lost, Belief, Conversion, Repentance, Salvation, Unbelievers
