Arabian Nights: Volume 2, The Desolate One (2015)
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.
Genre: Drama
Director: Miguel Gomes
Actors: Carla Maciel, Carloto Cotta, Crista Alfaiate, Gonçalo Waddington, Gracinda Nave, Luísa Cruz, Margarida Carpinteiro, Pedro Caldas, Pedro Inês, Xico Xapas
