Arabian Nights: Volume 2, the Desolate One

Part two of Portuguese filmmaker Miguel Gomes' (Tabu) epic three part modern-day retelling of the Arabic folk tales from One Thousand and One Nights.

"This could be the 'dumbest idea ever,' admits Miguel Gomes early on his Arabian Nights... But the maverick director of challenging but immensely satisfying features such as Tabu and Our Beloved Month of August forges ahead and tries anyway. The task? To make a movie that’s both a seductive and beautiful feat of storytelling as well as a work that doesn’t ignore the ugly realities of present-day Portugal’s economy and morale, which have been teetering perilously close to bankruptcy since the crisis hit in 2010." (Hollywood Reporter)

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