The Immortal Story (1968) - The opening narration on the clerk

The Immortal Story (French: Une histoire immortelle) is a 1968 French film directed by Orson Welles, starring Jeanne Moreau, Orsone Welles, Roger Coggio and Norman Eshley. This movie is based on a short story of the same title by the Danish writer Karen Blixen, originally published in Blixen’s Anecdotes of Destiny and Ehrengard collection of stories. It follows the last days of one Mr. Clay (played by Orson Welles), a wealthy but ill and feeble merchant living in 19th century Macao. After learning from his