O Fantasma

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O Fantasma The Phantom'
Directed by	João Pedro Rodrigues
Produced by	Amândio Coroado
Written by	Alexandre Melo José Neves
Starring	Ricardo Meneses Beatriz Torcato Andre Barbosa
Cinematography	Rui Poças
Editing by	Paulo Rebelo João Pedro Rodrigues
Release date(s)	October 23, 2000
Running time	90 min.
Country	Portugal
Language	Portuguese

O Fantasma (English title: The Phantom) is the 2000 Portuguese explicit gay-themed film directed by João Pedro Rodrigues. This movie won a few awards from festivals such as the New York Gay and Lesbian Film Festival and Entrevues Film Festival. The film became controversial due to its one scene that has unsimulated homosexual fellatio.

Synopsis

Sergio (Ricardo Meneses) works in the collection of garbage in the city of Lisbon. Young and handsome Sergio works the night shift as a trash collector in Lisbon, Portugal. He can't force himself to connect with his pretty female co-worker Fatima, who displays an avid interest in him, so instead Sergio roams the city with the trash company's pet dog. Eventually Sergio becomes fascinated with a sleek motorcycle, and then also its arrogant owner - a young man totally indifferent to Sergio. The frustrated trash collector's surfacing desires unleash his darkest impulses, sending him down a dangerous path of violence, depravity and degradation.

Awards

Nominated for the Golden Globe, Portugal in 2001 for Best Actor Ricardo Meneses

External links

• Fantasma, O at the Internet Movie Database

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