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==Reception== |
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The film premiered at the [[57th Venice International Film Festival|2000]] [[Venice International Film Festival]]. It won the prize for best feature film in the [[New York Lesbian & Gay Film Festival]] and the [[Entrevues Film Festival]]. |
The film premiered at the [[57th Venice International Film Festival|2000]] [[Venice International Film Festival]]. It won the prize for best feature film in the [[New York Lesbian & Gay Film Festival]] and the [[Entrevues Film Festival]]. Ricardo Meneses was nominated for the 2001 Portuguese [[Golden Globe]] award for best leading actor. |
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The film generated controversy due to its depiction of [[Unsimulated sex in film|unsimulated]] homosexual fellatio, as it was the first portuguese feature ever to openly depict homosexual practices. |
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Ricardo Meneses was nominated for the 2001 Portuguese [[Golden Globe]] award for best leading actor. |
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Revision as of 23:03, 14 March 2012
| O Fantasma The Phantom | |
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| Directed by | João Pedro Rodrigues |
| Written by | Alexandre Melo José Neves |
| Produced by | Amândio Coroado |
| Starring | Ricardo Meneses Beatriz Torcato Andre Barbosa |
| Cinematography | Rui Poças |
| Edited by | Paulo Rebelo João Pedro Rodrigues |
Release date |
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Running time | 90 min. |
| Country |  Portugal |
| Language | Portuguese |
O Fantasma (English: The Phantom) is a 2000 Portuguese explicit gay-themed film directed by João Pedro Rodrigues and produced at the independent production company Rosa Filmes.[1]
Synopsis
Young and handsome Sergio (Ricardo Meneses) works the night shift as a trash collector in Lisbon. He is uninterested in his pretty female co-worker Fatima, who displays an avid interest in him, so instead Sergio roams the city. Eventually Sergio becomes fascinated with a sleek motorcycle and its arrogant owner - a young man totally indifferent to Sergio. Sergio's surfacing desires unleash his darkest impulses, sending him down a dangerous path of violence, depravity, and degradation.
Reception
The film premiered at the 2000 Venice International Film Festival. It won the prize for best feature film in the New York Lesbian & Gay Film Festival and the Entrevues Film Festival. Ricardo Meneses was nominated for the 2001 Portuguese Golden Globe award for best leading actor.
External links
References
- ^ Infos at rosafilmes.pt: click on "
ENG", then on "ABOUT US", then on "FILMS", then on "PHANTOM"
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