Review of Arabian Nights: Volume 1, The Restless One (2015) by Kate Taylor for The Globe and Mail (Toronto) — 21 Jan 2016
Labelling his film as a response to the impoverishment of ordinary people caused by the government-imposed austerity of 2013-14, Gomes explains his dilemma brilliantly at the start of Volume 1. How is a well-meaning filmmaker to effectively render the pain of the Portuguese with a documentary set in a town where the shipyard has closed just as alien wasps are attacking local beehives?
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This review of Arabian Nights: Volume 1, The Restless One (2015) was written by Kate Taylor and published by The Globe and Mail (Toronto) on 21 Jan 2016.
Arabian Nights: Volume 1, The Restless One has generally received positive reviews.
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