ARABIAN NIGHTS

AS MILE UMA NOITES

By Miguel GOMES

MUST KASI / KINO SÕPRUS - as DISTR Theatrical, TV, DVD-video, VOD, Baltic States

Drama - Completed 2015


Festivals
& Awards

Directors' Fortnight 2015
    • Year of production
    • 2015
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • PORTUGAL, FRANCE, GERMANY, SWITZERLAND
    • Languages
    • PORTUGUESE
    • Duration
    • 381 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Miguel GOMES
    • Writer(s)
    • Miguel GOMES, Mariana RICARDO, Telmo CHURRO
    • Producer(s)
    • Luís URBANO, Sandro AGUILAR
    • Synopsis
    • In which Scheherazade tells of the restlessness that befell the country: “It hath reached me, O auspicious King, that in a sad country where people dream of mermaids and whales, unemployment spreads. Forests burn into the night despite the falling rain ; men and women long to set out to sea in the middle of Winter. Sometimes there are animals that talk although it is highly improbable that they are listened to. In this country, where things are not what they appear to be, men of power promenade on camels and hide permanent and shameful erections; they await the moment when taxes are collected so they can pay a wizard whom…”. And seeing the morning break, Scheherazade fell silent.