Miguel Gomes • Portugal • 2015

A monumental and dazzlingly original three-part film by Miguel Gomes (Tabu), Arabian Nights embraces the structure of one thousand and one nights to weave a tale of contemporary Portugal. Gomes's Scheherazade recounts fantastic stories both true fictional, from talking roosters to the everyday trials of the unemployed. A colorful, surreal, and politically potent palimpsest of a film that captures how the great recession has affected both our lives and our dreams.