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Cast
Crista Alfaiate
as Génio, Vaz da Vaca e Oliveira / Xerazade
Chico Chapas
as Simão 'Sem Tripas'
Luísa Cruz
as Juíza
Pedro Caldas
as Senhorio
Gonçalo Waddington
as Filho que rouba / Careto / Vasco
Margarida Carpinteiro
as Mãe / Glória
Carla Maciel
as Nora do Pito
Gracinda Nave
as Mulher que cisma
Carloto Cotta
as Careto
Pedro Inês
as Advogado
Movie Info & Details
Release Year2015
Runtime2h 12m
LanguageGerman
CertificationNR
GenresDrama
Votes43
DirectorMiguel Gomes
WritersMiguel Gomes, Mariana Ricardo, Telmo Churro
TypeFeature Film
Rating7.0 out of 10
Cast10 credited
Also Known AsArabian Nights: Volume 2, The Desolate One
About Arabian Nights: Volume 2, The Desolate One
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!
Directed by Miguel Gomes, Arabian Nights: Volume 2, The Desolate One leans on a strong ensemble — Crista Alfaiate, Chico Chapas, Luísa Cruz — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about drama titles of 2015.
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