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; Odete (Ana Cristina de Oliveira), an unstable young woman, is abruptly dumped by her boyfriend when she broaches the subject of starting a family. Their worlds collide when Odete becomes obsessed with the dead Pedro, a man she never knew, bringing these desperate souls together in a strange and cathartic union that pushes the mechanics of melodrama to their audacious, transcendent extreme.
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, ...
In this 2017 episode of the series “Where Are You?,” created by the Centre Pompidou and Celluloid Dreams, director João Pedro Rodrigues explores his
career in cinema, with a focus on his film THE ORNITHOLOGIST, through a collage of lyrical imagery and reflective narration.
