Portugal / France / Brazil 2016
Language: English, Latin, Mandarin, Portuguese
Subtitles: English, German
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Adventure
Director: João Pedro Rodrigues
Cinematographer: Rui Poças
Script: João Pedro Rodrigues, João Rui Guerra da Mata
Editor: Raphaël Lefèvre
Cast: Paul Hamy, Xelo Cagiao, João Pedro Rodrigues
Producer: João Figueiras, Diogo Varela Silva, Vincent Wang uvm.
Production Company: Blackmaria, House on Fire, Itaca Films
Music: Séverine Ballon
Sound: Nuno Carvalho
Distributer: Salzgeber & Co Medien GmbH
Lenght: 118 Min.
Format: DCP / BluRay
Color: Farbe
Age Limit: <

On a research journey, the ornithologist Fernando goes astray. Straying alone through the rustic forests of Portugal, he experiences bizarre meetings and mysterious revelations, norms soften, erotic tensions dissolve. Fernando becomes slowly engulfed by nature and succumbs to a spiritual transformation. THE ORNITHOLOGIST won the prize for the best directing at the Locarno Film Festival in 2016. ”João Pedro Rodrigues`s fifth feature film is a deeply poetic confession of faith of a radical artist who shapes the world according to his own concepts.” (epd-film)