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  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • Kino Lorber
  • 2 h 5 m
  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • Kino Lorber
  • 2 h 5 m

Summary In which Scheherazade tells of the restlessness that befell the country: It hath reached me, O auspicious King, that in a sad country among all countries, where people dream of mermaids and whales, and unemployment is spreading. In certain places, forests burn into the night despite the falling rain; men and women long to set out to sea ...

Directed By: Miguel Gomes

Written By: Telmo Churro, Mariana Ricardo, Miguel Gomes

  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • Kino Lorber
  • 2 h 5 m
  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • Kino Lorber
  • 2 h 5 m

Arabian Nights: Volume 1, The Restless One

Metascore Universal Acclaim Based on 10 Critic Reviews
81
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 8 User Ratings
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Summary In which Scheherazade tells of the restlessness that befell the country: It hath reached me, O auspicious King, that in a sad country among all countries, where people dream of mermaids and whales, and unemployment is spreading. In certain places, forests burn into the night despite the falling rain; men and women long to set out to sea ...

Directed By: Miguel Gomes

Written By: Telmo Churro, Mariana Ricardo, Miguel Gomes

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Metascore
Universal Acclaim Based on 10 Critic Reviews
81
90% Positive
9 Reviews
10% Mixed
1 Review
0% Negative
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim Based on 10 Critic Reviews
81
90% Positive
9 Reviews
10% Mixed
1 Review
0% Negative
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100
Dec 17, 2015
It’s as successful as it is ambitious.
By Oliver Lyttelton FULL REVIEW
100
Dec 3, 2015
With a blend of local lore and partisan fury, theatrical artifice and journalistic inquiry, Gomes single-handedly reinvents the political cinema.
By Richard Brody FULL REVIEW
100
Dec 1, 2015
However you enjoy its nearly four hundred minutes, I expect you'll be held rapt till the last second by a film of abundant wit and generous heart.
By Calum Marsh FULL REVIEW
75
Jan 21, 2016
Labelling his film as a response to the impoverishment of ordinary people caused by the government-imposed austerity of 2013-14, Gomes explains his dilemma brilliantly at the start of Volume 1. How is a well-meaning filmmaker to effectively render the pain of the Portuguese with a documentary set in a town where the shipyard has closed just as alien wasps are attacking local beehives?
By Kate Taylor FULL REVIEW
75
Dec 4, 2015
Part one of "Arabian Nights" has many wild components and even though they adhere to their own set of aesthetic principals, they make for a strange two-hour movie (which is why it’s best to watch it with parts two and three).
By Scout Tafoya FULL REVIEW
67
Dec 3, 2015
Fighting misery means having fun, which is what filmmaking is supposed to be, and, despite its lengths and scope, Arabian Nights always feels handmade.
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky FULL REVIEW
60
Dec 3, 2015
Mr. Gomes has a tendency to revel in his own cleverness and to indulge in self-conscious cinematic jokes. He also has a penchant for obscurantism, a habit of confusing ambiguity with depth.
By A.O. Scott FULL REVIEW

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13% Mixed
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Production Company O Som e a Fúria, Shellac Sud, Komplizen Film, Box Productions, Arte France Cinéma, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF), ARTE, ARTE, Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP), Radio Télévision Suisse (RTS), SRG - SSR, Agat Films & Cie, Instituto do Cinema e do Audiovisual (ICA), Eurimages, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), Région Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Office Fédéral de la Culture, Cinéforom, Loterie Suisse Romande
Release Date Dec 4, 2015
Duration 2 h 5 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website http://www.cinept.ubi.pt/pt/filme/9454/As+Mil+e+Uma+Noites
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Awards

CinEuphoria Awards
• 6 Wins & 14 Nominations
Premios Fénix (Fenix Film Awards)
• 1 Win & 5 Nominations
Coimbra Caminhos do Cinema Português
• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations

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