Arabian Nights (2015)
Stories based on the 1001 Nights but transplanted to the present day. The film is split into three parts.
Arabian Nights: Volume 1 - The Restless One (2015)
A maiden from Baghdad tells a series of stories explicating Portugal's financial crisis.
Arabian Nights: Volume 2 - The Desolate One (2015)
The middle part of a trilogy exploring Portugal's financial crisis in the style of the original Arabian Nights.
Arabian Nights: Volume 3 - The Enchanted One (2015)
As Scheherazade's tales continue to illuminate the destiny of modern Portugal, she contemplates her own fate.
Tabu (2012)
Past and present consideration of a woman with a privileged colonial past.
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A dangerous woman Rebecca De Mornay on finding characters' truth and making The Gentleman Thief

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