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Arabian Nights: Volume 1, The Restless One

2015 · 125 min

A sprawling, playful patchwork of tales that drifts between satire and melancholy, asking patience as it weaves its strange, uneven spell.

Overview: Every night, in danger of being beheaded, Scheherazade tells King Shahryar unfinished tales to continue them the following night, hence defying his promise of murdering his new wives after their wedding night. Scheherazade tells King Shahryar her stories but these are not those in the book. As in the book, these stories are tragic and comical, with rich and poor, powerless and powerful people, filled with surprising and extraordinary events.
How it feels: Satirical, melancholic, whimsical and absurd. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Power, class, survival, politics
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: satiricalstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: power
class
survival
politics
deception
Places: countryside
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: anthology
nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild