159 - O Fantasma

Eavesdropping at the Movies · Aug 1, 2019 · 33m

We're still with MUBI and grateful for the opportunity to see O Fantasma, directed by João Pedro Rodrigues: a film José had heard of and been encouraged to see by various friends, but hadn't quite come his way until now. He thought the film was only a few years old and could now kick himself for having waited twenty years to see it. José thinks it a masterpiece, Mike doesn't; though the film being clearly aimed at a gay male audience might help account for it, and it speaks to José deeply. Following Sergio (Ricardo Meneses), a very handsome young garbageman in Lisbon, perpetually horny and on…