In which Scheherazade tells of how desolation invaded men: "It hath reached me, O auspicious King, that a distressed judge will cry instead of giving out her sentence on a night when all three moons are aligned. A runaway murderer will wander through the land for over forty days and will teletransport himself to escape the Police while dreaming of prostitutes and partridges. A wounded cow will reminisce about a thousand-year-old olive tree while saying what she must say, which will sound none less than sad! The residents of a tower block in the suburbs will save parrots and piss inside lifts while surrounded by dead people and ghosts; including in fact a dog that ...". And seeing the morning break, Scheherazade fell silent.
"Damned tales! If things continue this way my daughter will surely end up with her throat slit!" the Grand-Vizier, Scheherazade's father, thinks in his palace in Bagdad.

Directed by: Miguel Gomes

Written by: Miguel Gomes, Mariana Ricardo, Telmo Churro

Produced by: Luís Urbano

Cinematography: Sayombhu Mukdeeprom

Editing: Telmo Churro

Production Design: Silvia Grabowski

Costume Design: Silvia Grabowski, Lucha D’Orey

Sound Design: Miguel Martins, Vasco Pimentel, Vasco Pimentel

Cast: Crista Alfaiate, Luísa Cruz, Américo Silva, Adriano Luz, Chico Chapas, Rogério Samora

Original Language: Portuguese

Film Production Countries: Portugal, Germany, France, Switzerland