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  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • Kino Lorber
  • 2 h 11 m
  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • Kino Lorber
  • 2 h 11 m
Arabian Nights: Volume 2, The Desolate One

Summary In which Scheherazade tells of how desolation invaded men: It hath reached me, O auspicious King, that a distressed judge will cry instead of giving out her sentence on a night when all three moons are aligned. A runaway murderer will wander through the land for over forty days and will tele transport himself to escape the Police while d...

Directed By: Miguel Gomes

Written By: Telmo Churro, Mariana Ricardo, Miguel Gomes

  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • Kino Lorber
  • 2 h 11 m
  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • Kino Lorber
  • 2 h 11 m

Arabian Nights: Volume 2, The Desolate One

Metascore Universal Acclaim Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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User Score Generally Favorable Based on 5 User Ratings
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Summary In which Scheherazade tells of how desolation invaded men: It hath reached me, O auspicious King, that a distressed judge will cry instead of giving out her sentence on a night when all three moons are aligned. A runaway murderer will wander through the land for over forty days and will tele transport himself to escape the Police while d...

Directed By: Miguel Gomes

Written By: Telmo Churro, Mariana Ricardo, Miguel Gomes

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Universal Acclaim Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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Universal Acclaim Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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100
Dec 17, 2015
For all the film’s politics, Arabian Nights can also be whimsical, swooningly romantic, inspiring, fascinating, or deeply sad.
By Oliver Lyttelton FULL REVIEW
100
Dec 14, 2015
Arabian Nights may frustrate and enervate, but with hindsight these blemishes fade into a gleaming collage.
By Ben Nicholson FULL REVIEW
88
Dec 11, 2015
The melancholy that falls over this chapter is hard to shake but its tempered slightly by the love Gomes has for his characters, bad habits, ingrained sadness and all.
By Scout Tafoya FULL REVIEW
80
Dec 21, 2016
Volumes one and two are especially captivating, as Gomes himself appears onscreen to tell of how he charged a team of researchers with scouring Portugal in search of tales.
By Jamie Graham FULL REVIEW
75
Jan 21, 2016
Gomes believes we should all take responsibility for one another and sees austerity as a government abrogation of social duty that ultimately turns citizen against citizen.
By Kate Taylor FULL REVIEW
70
Dec 3, 2015
It is worth sticking with it until the end, since the third part is the most powerful.
By A.O. Scott FULL REVIEW
63
Sep 22, 2015
It forays into satirical terrain in order to elide actual dealings with the problems at hand, so that each piece feels alternatively frivolous and weighty.
By Clayton Dillard FULL REVIEW

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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 11, 2015
Duration 2 h 11 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
• 7 Wins & 14 Nominations
Premios Fénix (Fenix Film Awards)
• 1 Win & 5 Nominations
Coimbra Caminhos do Cinema Português
• 4 Wins & 4 Nominations

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