Directed by João Pedro Rodrigues • 2000 • Portugal
Starring Ricardo Meneses, Beatriz Torcato, Andre Barbosa
The startling feature debut from João Pedro Rodrigues struck both queer and art-house cinema like a lightning bolt with its seamy, transgressive blend of sex, grime, and sadomasochism. Roaming Lisbon by night, disaffected garbage collector Sérgio (Ricardo Meneses) finds himself unable to contain his lust for a handsome motorcyclist—a raging desire that assumes increasingly disturbing dimensions and culminates in a shocking transformation.
Directed by João Pedro Rodrigues • 2005 • Portugal
Starring Ana Cristina de Oliveira, Nuno Gil, João Carreira
Two lonely people careen through life following their individual experiences of loss: Rui (Nuno Gil), a handsome young romantic, loses his lover Pedro on the day of their anniversary; Od...
Directed by João Pedro Rodrigues • 2009 • Portugal
Starring Fernando Santos, Chandra Malatitch, Miguel Loureiro
Tonia (Fernando Santos) is a larger-than-life drag icon of Lisbon’s nightlife in the late 1980s. Under pressure from her lover, Rosário (Alexander David), Tonia begins a series of gend...
Directed by João Pedro Rodrigues • 2016 • Portugal
Starring Paul Hamy, Xelo Cagiao, João Pedro Rodrigues
The latest from boundary-pushing director João Pedro Rodrigues is a mesmerizing metaphysical odyssey through both sexual and spiritual realms. Fernando (Paul Hamy), a solitary ornithologist, ...
