In association with Porterfrith and New Wave films we are offering you the chance to win a copy of the latest film from Miguel Gomes Arabian Nights (As mil e uma noites). Over three features, Gomes channels the current struggles of economically depressed Portugal through an assortment of tales that range from farcical yarns to grounded accounts of social issues.
Volume 1 – The Restless One: After opening with overlapping documentary portraits of a shipyard and a wasp-exterminator, the director appears on screen, contemplating his overly ambitious undertaking. From here, Gomes spins a satirical tale about the financial powers-that-be preying on Portugal’s vulnerability.
Volume 2 – The Desolate One: The volume’s opening chapter is about a criminal on the run. In “The Tears of the Judge,” a public trial becomes a mockery, with the testimony implicating everyone in attendance. Finally, The Desolate One ends on an exhilarating note, with a hugely entertaining story about a dog named Dixie who’s passed between owners, familiarizing us with the inhabitants of a working-class apartment building.
Volume 3 – The Enchanted One: Having escaped the palace, Scheherazade explores a seaside landscape where she encounters, among others, a “wind genie” and a daft suitor. This segues into a documentary-style exploration of the working-class sport of chaffinch singing competitions.
To win a copy of the film on DVD please answer the following question.
What nationality is Miguel Gomes, director of Arabian Nights?
Please send your answer to competition@moviescramble.co.uk with subject Arabian Nights. Please include your name and postal address. The competition will close at 12:00 pm on Monday the 22nd of August 2016. Moviescramble will not pass on your details to anyone else.
Arabian Nights will be available on DVD from the 22nd of August.
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