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Arabian Nights: Volume 1 - The Restless One

As Mil e Uma Noites: Volume 1, O Inquieto (AKA Arabian Nights, Volume 1)

2015

Miguel Gomes

Miguel Gomes, Carloto Cotta, Adriano Luz, Rogério Samora ...

6.7

756

Drama. Comedy This unconventional blend of documentary and fantasy uses the stories-within-stories structure of the classic Arabian Nights to explore the lives of ordinary people in austerity-stricken, contemporary Portugal. Among the tales: A group of bankers discover a cure for impotence, a rooster is put on trial for crowing too early in the morning, and a group of jobless citizens go swimming on New Year's Day.

	Author	Review
United States	Michael Phillips Chicago Tribune	"The subtitle tells the truth; here is a wonderfully restless movie."	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"Gomes's 'Arabian Nights' exerts its own strange allure. (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of five)"	POS
United States	Boyd van Hoeij The Hollywood Reporter	People in crisis and flights of fancy come together in this frequently fascinating collage of stories	POS
United States	Bill Stamets Chicago Reader	"The films are enchanting for their irony, their humanity, and their reflexiveness."	POS
United Kingdom	Kate Muir The Times	"Think of 'Arabian Nights' as a cinematic box set: three boundary-bursting, exuberant, empathetic films from Miguel Gomes, which build up into a portrait of present-day Portugal."	POS

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