72SSIFF - 20/28 September 2024
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O Ornitólogo / L'ornithologue

João Pedro Rodrigues
Portugal - France - Brazil      118 m.
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Fernando, a solitary ornithologist, is looking for endangered black storks along a remote river in northern Portugal, when he is swept away by the rapids. Rescued by a couple of Chinese pilgrim girls on their way to Santiago de Compostela, he plunges into a dark, eerie forest, trying to get back on track. But as he encounters unexpected and uncanny obstacles and people who put him to the test, Fernando is driven to extreme, transformative actions. Gradually he becomes a different man: inspired, multifaceted, and finally enlightened.

Director
João Pedro Rodrigues
Screenplay
Joäo Pedro Rodrigues, Joäo Rui Guerra da Mata
Production
Blackmaria (Portugal)
João Figueiras
House On Fire (France)
Vincent Wang
Itaca Films (Brazil)
Gustavo Ángel
Photography
Rui Poças
Edition
Raphaël Lefèvre
Music
Séverine Ballon
Cast
Paul Hamy, Xelo Cagiao, Wen Han, Chan Sua Lin
Format
DCP FOLLOWING DCI
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Films Boutique
Koepenicker Strasse, 184
10997
Berlin
Germany
Running Time
118 m.
Country
Portugal - France - Brazil
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