A. wished in a previous thread for a plot summary and a cast of characters for Knight of Cups, and ScreenDaily and Belerofonte deliver. The former offers a brief, cryptic synopsis of the film:

Once there was a young prince whose father, the king of the East, sent him down into Egypt to find a pearl. But when the prince arrived, the people poured him a cup. Drinking it, he forgot he was the son of a king, forgot about the pearl and fell into a deep sleep.

Rick’s (Christian Bale) father used to read this story to him as a boy.

The road to the East stretches out before him. Will he set forth?

Casting confirmed (so far) after the jump.

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