As mil e uma noites – Volume 1, o inquieto
Fortnight 2015, Feature film, 2h05
Synopsis
In which Scheherazade tells of the restlessness that befell the country: “It hath reached me, O auspicious King, that in a sad country where people dream of mermaids and whales, unemployment spreads. Forests burn into the night despite the falling rain ; men and women long to set out to sea in the middle of Winter. Sometimes there are animals that talk although it is highly improbable that they are listened to. In this country, where things are not what they appear to be, men of power promenade on camels and hide permanent and shameful erections; they await the moment when taxes are collected so they can pay a wizard whom…”. And seeing the morning break, Scheherazade fell silent.
Director
Miguel Gomes
Born in 1972 in Lisbon, Portugal, Migue Gomes studied Cinema at Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema (ESTC). He worked as a film critic in the Portuguese press and published several articles related to the theory of Cinema. Miguel Gomes presented his film Our Beloved Month of August in 2008 at the Directors’ Fortnight. He returns in 2015 with Arabian Nights, a triptych inspired by the tales told by Scheherazade and the events that occured in Portugal in 2013 and 2014.
Adriano Luz
Américo Silva
Carloto Cotta
Crista Alfaiate
Américo Silva
Carloto Cotta
Crista Alfaiate
Screenplay
Miguel Gomes, Mariana Ricardo, Telmo Churro
Image
Sayombhu Mukdeeprom, Mário Castanheira
Sound
Vasco Pimentel
Editing
Telmo Churro, Pedro Filipe Marques, Miguel Gomes
Set decoration
Bruno Duarte, Artur Pinheiro
Production :
O Som e a Fúria
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1150 014 Lisbonne – Portugal
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geral@osomeafuria.com
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Coproduction :
Shellac Sud (France)
Komplizen Film (Germany)
Box Productions (Switzerland)
Agat Films (France)
Distribution :
Shellac Sud
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Ventes / Foreign sales :
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Title in Original Version : Arabian Nights - Volume 1, The Restless One
Press release
“Film monstre, ce film monde à l’ambition si folle” /// Arte
“Il était mille et une fois le Portugal” /// Le Monde
“Arabian Nights” tackles the subject with characteristic imagination and, unsurprisingly, righteous anger” /// Variety
“Gros coup de foudre” /// Les Inrocks
“Certainement l’un des films les plus fous et aventureux qu’on ait pu voir sur la crise” /// Trois Couleurs
“Oeuvre monumentale et atypique” /// Télérama
“A sensual and intellectual feast” /// Variety
“Las mil y una noches de la crisis portuguesa” /// El Païs
“Un spectacle flamboyant” /// Première
“the result is wacky, but also quite brilliant” /// The National
“Einer der künstlerisch bezwingendsten Filme an der Croisette” /// Der Standard
“The inexplicable beguilement of surrealist cinema” /// Sound on Sight
“Le deuxième volet de la trilogie de Miguel Gomes parvient encore à surprendre” /// Trois Couleurs
“Fiction et documentaire pour dire les désolations du chômage et de la pauvreté” /// L’Humanité
“Le grand road triple de Miguel Gomes” /// Libération
“Un réjouissant “rosaire de misères” /// Cineuropa
“Mille et une choses à te dire /// Grazia
“En vœu de cinema exaucé” /// Etudes
“Miguel Gomes, notre bon génie” /// Mediapart
“Liberté créatrice” /// Arte
“The Most Ambitious Movie At This Year’s Cannes Film Festival” /// IndieWire
Entretien avec Miguel Gomes /// Critikat
