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O Fantasma
Portuguese theatrical release poster
Directed byJoão Pedro Rodrigues
Written by
  • João Pedro Rodrigues
  • José Neves
  • Paulo Rebelo
  • Alexandre Melo
Produced byAmândio Coroado
Starring
CinematographyRui Poças
Edited by
  • Paulo Rebelo
  • João Pedro Rodrigues
Production
companies
Distributed byRosa Filmes
Release dates
  • 8 September 2000 (2000-09-08) (Venice)
  • 20 October 2000 (2000-10-20) (Portugal)
Running time
87 minutes
CountryPortugal
LanguagePortuguese
Box office$126,783 (United States)[1]

O Fantasma (English: The Phantom or The Ghost) is a 2000 Portuguese erotic drama film directed by João Pedro Rodrigues (in his feature directorial debut) and produced by the independent production company Rosa Filmes.[2]

Premise

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Young and handsome Sérgio 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 Sérgio roams the city. Eventually Sérgio becomes fascinated with a sleek motorcycle and its arrogant owner—a young man completely indifferent to Sérgio. Sérgio's surfacing desires unleash his darkest impulses, sending him down a dangerous path of violence, depravity, and degradation.

Cast

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  • Ricardo Meneses as Sérgio
  • Beatriz Torcato as Fátima
  • André Barbosa as João
  • Eurico Vieira as Virgílio
  • Jorge Almeida as police officer
  • Joaquim Oliveira as Mário
  • Florindo Lourenço as Matos
  • Maria Paola Porru as João's mother

Reception

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The film premiered at the 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. Meneses was nominated for the 2001 Portuguese Golden Globe award for Best Leading Actor.

References

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  1. ^ "O Fantasma (2000)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  2. ^ "O Fantasma" (in Portuguese). Rosa Filmes. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
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