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Synopsis
Fernando is an ornithologist who gets trapped by a river’s current, and is rescued by a peculiar couple of Chinese pilgrims with a taste for bondage. This will be the first of the strange encounters experienced by the hero of this sui generis reinterpretation of the life and times of Saint Anthony of Padua, celebrated as one of the highlights of this season’s auteur cinema.
Director
João Pedro Rodrigues
His debut, O Fantasma (00), announced that we were dealing with one of the most ground-breaking filmmakers in Portugal, an impression confirmed in films like To Die Like a Man (09) or The Last Time I Saw Macao (12).
Technical information
PORTUGAL / FRANCE / BRASIL, 2016DirectorJoão Pedro Rodrigues
ProducersJoão Figueiras, Diogo Varela Silva, Vincent Wang, Antoine Barraud, Gustavo Ángel, Alex García, Maria Fernanda Scardino
ScreenplayJoão Pedro Rodrigues, João Rui Guerra da Mata
CinematographyRui Poças
WithPaul Hamy, Xelo Cagiao
Edition: 2016
Section: Seven Chances
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