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Arabian Nights: Volume 3 - The Enchanted One (2015)
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Original name: As Mil e Uma Noites: Volume 3, O Encantado
Genre: Drama
Country: Portugal, France, Germany, Switzerland
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
In which Scheherazade doubts that she will still be able to tell stories to please the King, given that what she has to tell weighs three thousand tonnes. She therefore escapes from the palace and travels the Kingdom in search of pleasure and enchantment. Her father, the Grand-Vizier, arranges to meet her at the Ferris wheel, and Scheherazade resumes her narration: “Auspicious King, in old shanty towns of Lisbon there was a community of bewitched men who, in all rigour and passion, dedicated themselves to teaching birds to sing…”. And seeing the morning break, Scheherazade fell silent.
Style:
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Plot:
arabian nights, queen, economic crisis, singing competition, countdown, tyrant, contest, male full rear nudity, killing an animal, fistfight, demonstration, bird, octopus, female pubic hair, genie, ferris wheel, bird cage, female full frontal nudity, origami, caught in a net, dead bird, singing contest
Time:
year 2014
Place:
lisbon portugal, portugal
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Duration: 125 min.
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Story:
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Audience:
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