ARABIAN NIGHTS | Official Trailer | MUBI

The latest from Miguel Gomes (Tabu, Our Beloved Month of August), ARABIAN NIGHTS (As mil e uma noites) is probably this year’s most ambitious cinematic undertaking, and the most talked about film experience of the last Cannes Film Festival. Arabian Nights uses the framing device from the original of the beautiful young Scheherazade telling tale after tale in order to keep her murderous husband from killing her—but that’s where the similarities end. Over three features, Gomes channels the current struggles of economically depressed Portugal through an assortment of tales that range from farcical yarns to grounded accounts of social issues.

Volume 1: The Restless One (April 22)
Volume 2: The Desolate One (April 29)
Volume 3: The Enchanted One (May 6)

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This is my favourite film at the moment I am going to try and watch it all again