

Arabian Nights: Volume 2, The Desolate One
2015-07-29 · 132 min · ★ 7.0
Scheherazade narrates three more tales, supposedly selected from the 470th, 484th and 497th nights of her ordeal: “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!
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Production details
- Directors
- Miguel Gomes
- Production companies
- Shellac Sud, Komplizen Film, Box Productions, O Som e a Fúria, ARTE France Cinéma, ARTE, ARTE, ZDF, Agat Films & Cie / Ex Nihilo, Eurimages, RTP, RTS, Cinéforom, Office Fédéral de la Culture, Région Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Loterie Suisse Romande, SRG SSR, Instituto do Cinema, Audiovisual e Multimédia, CNC
- Countries
- France, Germany, Portugal, Switzerland
- Status
- Released
- Revenue
- USD 15,245
Top Cast
Crista AlfaiateGénio, Vaz da Vaca e Oliveira / Xerazade
Luísa CruzJuíza
Gonçalo WaddingtonFilho que rouba / Careto / Vasco
Margarida CarpinteiroMãe / Glória
Carla MacielNora do Pito
Gracinda NaveMulher que cisma
Carloto CottaCareto
Pedro InêsAdvogado
José Manuel MendesTécnico Segurança Social
Américo SilvaNegociante de Gado
Manuel MozosDetetor de Mentiras
Adriano LuzPai do Ladrão Amável
Eduardo FrazãoLadrão Amável
João Pedro BénardHumberto
Teresa MadrugaLuísa
Joana de VeronaVânia / Filha da Juíza
Isabel CardosoAna
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