Fresh
Some of the stories are genuinely affecting. But Gomes' arcane storytelling style and frequent use of absurdity will require a good deal of patience from filmgoers.
Bruce Demara, Toronto Star
Arabian Nights: Volume 2, The Desolate One
2015 · 2h 12m · N/A
Drama
Directed by
Miguel Gomes
Overview
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.
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Tomatometer
Fresh
The melancholy that falls over this chapter is hard to shake but its tempered slightly by the love Gomes has for his characters, bad habits, ingrained sadness and all.
Scout Tafoya, RogerEbert.com
Fresh
The stories have an almost dreamlike sweep and imaginative energy, and the film never exhausts that exuberance.
Calum Marsh, Village Voice
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