Completed - PORTUGUESE - Drama - 132 minutes
Year of production : 2015 Director(s) : Miguel GOMES Writer(s) : Miguel GOMES, Mariana RICARDO, Telmo CHURRO Cast : Crista ALFAIATE , Luísa CRUZ, Adriano LUZ, Carloto Cotta COTTA Producer(s) : Luís URBANO, Sandro AGUILAR
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.
Country(ies) : PORTUGAL, FRANCE, GERMANY, SWITZERLAND
Directors' Fortnight 2015 Directors' FortnightToronto - TIFF 2015 Wavelengths