Cannes: Watch 15 Minutes Of Footage From Miguel Gomes' 6-Hour, 3-Part Epic 'Arabian Nights'

Go big or go home, the old saying goes, and Miguel Gomes is certainly living up to that with "Arabian Nights." Gomes will hit the Cannes Directors' Fortnight with his six-hour triptych and despite the title, this isn't all camels and elaborate costuming (though there's a fair amount of that too).

Nearly fifteen minutes of footage has arrived in the form of three lengthy clips, and it puts front and center both the beautiful visuals Gomes has put together, and the film's weighty thematic concerns. Here's the full synopsis: 

Volume 1, The Restless One

In which Scheherazade tells of the restlessness that befell the country: “It hath reached me, O auspicious King, that in a sad country among all countries, where people dream of mermaids and whales, unemployment spreads. In certain places, forests burn into the night despite the falling rain; men and women long to set out to sea in the middle of Winter. Sometimes there are animals that talk although it is highly...