Arabian Nights |
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http://www.as1001noites.com/en/the-film
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Synopsis
In Portugal - one European country in crisis - a film director proposes to build fictional stories from the miserable reality he is immersed in. However, failing to find meaning in his work, he cowardly runs away and leaves the beautiful Scheherazade to stand in his shoes. She will require enthusiasm and courage so as not to bore the King with sad stories of this country! As nights go past, restlessness leads to desolation and in turn to enchantment. Therefore Scheherazade organises the stories she tells the King in three volumes. She begins like this: "It hath reached me, O auspicious King, that in a sad country among all countries...". Volume 1, The Restless One
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Crew
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Cast Crista Alfaiate, Luísa Cruz, Adriano Luz, Carloto Cotta, Américo Silva, Gonçalo Waddington, Joana de Verona, Rogério Samora, Bruno Bravo, Diogo Dória, Maria Rueff, Dinarte Branco, Teresa Madruga, João Pedro Bénard, Margarida Carpinteiro, Isabel Cardoso, Cristina Carvalhal, Xico Xapas | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Awards
Sydney International Film Festival - Sydney Film Prize
New Horizons International Film Festival - FIPRESCI Award Sevilla Festival de Cine Europeo - Silver Giraldillo Sevilla Festival de Cine Europeo - Asecan Best Film Award EFA European Sound Design to Vasco Pimentel & Miguel Martins Fénix Awards - Best Editing / Caminhos do Cinema Português - Best Supporting Actress – Luísa Cruz, Best Director – Miguel Gomes, Best Screenplay – Miguel Gomes, Mariana Ricardo and Telmo Churro / Prémios ÁQUILA - Best Actress - Crista Alfaiate |
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Festivals
Cannes Film Festival - Directors’ Fortnight
Sydney Film Festival New Horizons International Film Festival Sevilla Festival de Cine Europeo Midnight Sun Film Festival Filmfest München Karlovy Vary Film Festival Jerusalem International Film Festival FidMarseille Curtas Vila do Conde New Zealand Film Festival Melbourne International Film Festival Toronto International Film Festival Bergen International Film Festival Busan International Film Festival Hiroshima International Film Festival Mostra de São Paulo Valdivia International Film Festival New York Film Festival BFI London Film Festival Adelaide Film Festival Festival du Nouveau Cinéma Sevilla Festival de Cine Europeo CPH:DOX Around the World in 14 Films Mumbai Film Festival Mar del Plata Thessaloniki International Film Festival Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival World Film Festival Bangkok Torino International Film Festival Janela Internacional de Cinema do Recife Istanbul International Film Festival |
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Cinema Release Austria, Benelux, Bulgaria, Canada, USA, China, Estonia, Former Yugoslavia, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Lithuania, Mexico, Poland, Romania, Spain, UK/Eire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distribution/World Sales
Distribution: Real Fiction Filmverleih (http://www.realfictionfilme.de)
World Sales: The Match Factory (http://www.the-match-factory.de) |
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Links
O Som e a Fúria (http://www.osomeafuria.com)
Shellac Sud (http://www.shellac-altern.org) Box Productions (http://www.boxproductions.ch/) |
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INTERNATIONAL PRESS CONTACT
Wolfgang W. Werner Public Relations
Tal 46 80331 München/Germany T: +49 (0)89 383867 0 e-mailinfo@werner-pr.de |
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