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Arabian Nights: Volume 1 - The Restless One (2015)
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Original name: As Mil e Uma Noites: Volume 1, O Inquieto
Genre: Drama
Country: Portugal, France, Germany, Switzerland
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Every night, in danger of being beheaded, Scheherazade tells King Shahryar unfinished tales to continue them the following night, hence defying his promise of murdering his new wives after their wedding night. Scheherazade tells king Shahryar her stories but these are not those in the book. These are stories based on whatever will be happening in Portugal during the production time of the film. As in the book, these stories will be tragic and comical, with rich and poor, powerless and powerful people, filled with surprising and extraordinary events. This film will be about the reality of a disgraced country, Portugal, under the effects of a global economic crisis.
Style:
semi documentary, mind bending, psychedelic, surreal, art house, anthology, documentary filmmaking, masterpiece
Plot:
economic crisis, unemployment, firefighter, sorcerer, virgin, poverty, banker, financial crisis, debt, erection, working class, layoff, wasp, pyromaniac, prime minister, teenage crush, demonstration, shipyard, european union, trippy, filmmaking, social realism, magic realism, genie, arabian nights ...
Time:
year 2013, 90s, 2010s
Place:
portugal, persia
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Country: Portugal, France, Germany, Switzerland
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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