1001 Nights: Volume 2 - The Desperate

In Portugal, a European state in crisis, a director intends to write fictional stories inspired by the troubles of his country. Unable to find meaning in his work, he cowardly escapes and leaves his place to the charming Scheherazade. She needs a lot of courage and wit not to bore the king with the oppressive stories of this country! As the nights pass, desperation replaces fear and rapture replaces despair. She divides her stories into three chapters and begins as follows: "It is said, O happy king, that in a sad country, of all countries..." Second film on Miguel Gomes' film trilogy, in which he uses the structure of the fairy tale collection of "1001 Nights" for a contemporary, poetic parable on the current situation in Portugal. In the second film of the trilogy, modern Scheherazade tells stories of a fugitive murderer and a wounded cow; of a millennial olive tree and from the residents of an apartment block; of a dog and of the ghosts that surround them all.