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Arabian Nights: Volume 2 - The Desolate One (2015)
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Original name: As Mil e Uma Noites: Volume 2, O Desolado
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Portugal, France, Germany, Switzerland
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
In which Scheherazade tells of how desolation invaded men : “It hath reached me, O auspicious King, that a Judge will cry instead of giving out her sentence. A runaway murderer will wander through the land for over forty days and will teletransport himself to escape the Guard while dreaming of prostitutes and partridges. A wounded cow will reminisce about a thousand-year-old olive tree while saying what she must say, which will sound none less than sad ! The residents of a tower block in the suburbs will save parrots and piss inside lifts while surrounded by dead people and ghosts; including in fact a dog that…”. And seeing the morning break, Scheherazade fell silent.
Style:
art house, masterpiece
Plot:
economic crisis, misery, dog, killer, female nudity, female judge, running from police, sign language, police arrest, genie, female pubic hair, lawyer, court, thief, exile, poverty, bare breasts, cow, loss of virginity, suburbs, parrot, wanderer, janitor, storytelling, falling from height ...
Time:
year 2014
Place:
portugal
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Country: Portugal, France, Germany, Switzerland
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Story:
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