Original Sin is set in the late 19th century
Cuba during the Spanish rule,
[3][4] and flashes back and forth from the scene of a woman awaiting her execution by
garrote while telling her story to a priest, to the actual events of that story.
Luis Vargas (
Antonio Banderas), a wealthy Hispanic-Cuban businessman, sends for American Julia Russell (
Angelina Jolie)
to sail to his country to be his bride. Julia departs from the ship,
looking nothing like the photos she's sent prior to her voyage. Julia
explains she wants
more
than a man who is interested in a pretty face, and that's why she's
been deceptive - substituting a plain-looking woman in place of her own
picture. Luis also admits to deception; he's been misleading her into
believing he's a poor working man, instead of the rich owner of a coffee
company.
Luis and Julia wed within hours of her setting foot in
Cuba. Luis falls passionately in love with his new wife, while Julia seem to fight inner demons.
Meanwhile, Julia's sister Emily has been trying to
contact
her, worried about her after such a long trip to a strange land. Luis
forces Julia to write back, fearing that if Julia continues to ignore
Emily's letters, Emily will assume something terrible has befallen her
sister and might send the authorities to check on her welfare. Holding
off as long as possible, Julia finally pens a letter to her sister.
In order to assure that his wife has everything she wants, Luis adds Julia to his business and personal
bank accounts,
giving her free rein to spend as she pleases. Luis discovers Julia has
run off with nearly all of his fortune, and then teams up with a
detective, Walter Downs (
Thomas Jane),
hired by Emily to find her real sister Julia. Walter reveals to Luis he
believes Julia to be an impostor and the intended wife to be dead by
her hand, and that she may be working with someone. The two set out
together looking for her.
Luis finds Julia and discovers she is actually working with Walter
and that he & Luis are staying at the same hotel. Luis believes she
loves him and lies to Walter, but, when confronted, a fight breaks out
and Luis shoots Walter. Julia coldly tells Luis to go and buy them
tickets home, but the minute he leaves, Walter gets to his feet; he had
loaded the gun with blanks. Julia appears to love Luis, but, Walter has
too much control over her, so, she continues to work for him as she and
Luis run off to live in secret with the supposedly dead Walter in
pursuit.
Luis throws away his promising future and opens himself to living a
lie with Julia. One night, Luis follows Julia and discovers Walter is
alive and that the two are still working together; she is apparently
going to poison her husband that very night. He returns home and waits
for her, and when she arrives, reveals he knows of the plan, confesses
his love for her once more and swallows the poisoned drink. Julia flees
with the dying Luis, with Walter close behind. They run into him at a
train station; Walter is furious that Julia has betrayed him. As Walter
holds a knife to her throat, Luis shoots and wounds him, with Julia
finishing him off.
Back in the
mise en scene,
Julia finishes her story and asks the priest to pray with her. The next
morning the guards come to her cell to take her to her execution, only
to find the priest in her clothing.
In
Morocco,
Julia is watching a card game. She walks around the table occupied by
gamblers — including Luis — and thanks them for allowing her to watch.
As Julia signals Luis about the other players' cards, he begins telling
them the story of how they got there.
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