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Feature film — 2015

Arabian Nights: Volume 3, The Enchanted One (2015)

6.52h 6mDrama

In which Scheherazade doubts that she will still be able to tell stories to please the King, given that what she has to tell weighs three thousand tonnes. She therefore escapes from the palace and travels the Kingdom in search of pleasure and enchantment. Her father, the Grand-Vizier, arranges to meet her at the Ferris wheel, and Scheherazade resumes her narration: “Auspicious King, in old shanty towns of Lisbon there was a community of bewitched men who, in all rigour and passion, dedicated themselves to teaching birds to sing…”. And seeing the morning break, Scheherazade fell silent.

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A high-signal pick with 40 votes.

Box Productions / Shellac Sud / Komplizen Film / O Som e a Fúria / ARTE France Cinéma / ARTE / ARTE / Région Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur / Loterie Suisse Romande / CNC / Eurimages / Instituto do Cinema, Audiovisual e Multimédia / Agat Films & Cie / Ex Nihilo / SRG SSR / RTP / RTS / Cinéforom / Office Fédéral de la Culture

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Director: Miguel Gomes

On screen

Cast & crew

Crista Alfaiate as Xerazade / Condessa Beatriz

Crista Alfaiate

Xerazade / Condessa Beatriz

B

Bernardo Alves

Passarinheiro

Carloto Cotta as Paddleman

Carloto Cotta

Paddleman

Américo Silva as Grão-Vizir

Américo Silva

Grão-Vizir

L

Louison Tresallet

Child

Gonçalo Waddington as Passarinheiro

Gonçalo Waddington

Passarinheiro

C

Chico Chapas

Passarinheiro