The Ornithologist
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Synopsis
THE ORNITHOLOGIST
In the latest film from João Pedro Rodrigues (“Two Drifters,” “To Die Like a Man”) a solitary ornithologist Fernando (Paul Hamy) embarks on a journey searching for an elusive species of stork but is quickly swept away by raging rapids. Rescued by a pair of Chinese pilgrims, Fernando ends up plunging headlong into an eerie and dark forest in this “transfixing spiritual and sexual odyssey” (Los Angeles Times).
“Delightful and narratively adventurous… I can’t wait to see it again”*
– The New York Times
Reviews
“An immersion in pure cinema… erotic and hilariously surreal misadventures”*
– Los Angeles Times“Deliciously subversive and genuinely funny”
– Jay Weissberg, Variety“Hypnotic… Powerful”
– Eric Kohn, IndieWire
Cast & Crew
DIRECTOR:
João Pedro Rodrigues
WRITER:
João Pedro Rodrigues
PRODUCER:
João Figueiras
Diogo Varela Silva
CAST:
João Pedro Rodrigues
Paul Hamy
Xelo Cagiao
Film Specs
Country of Origin: Portugal
Format: DCP/2.35/Color
Sound Format: Dolby SRD
Running Time: 117 minutes
Genre: Drama
Rating: Not Rated
In Portuguese, Mandarin, and Latin with English Subtitles
Screenings
See this film at the following theaters:
- 09/30/16 New York Film Festival New York,
- 10/13/16 Chicago Int’l Film Festival Chicago, IL
- 11/02/16 Denver Int’l Film Festival Denver, CO
- 11/03/16 Virginia Film Festival Charlottesville, VA
- 11/10/16 AFI Fest Los Angeles, CA
- 12/12/16 AFI Silver Theatre Silver Springs, MD
- 01/02/17 Palm Springs Int’l Film Festival Palm Springs, CA
- 02/12/17 Portland Int’l Film Festival Portland, OR
- 03/03/17 UW Cinematheque Madison, WI
- 03/15/17 Sun Valley Film Festival Ketchum, ID
- 03/16/17 San Diego Latino Film Festival San Diego, CA
- 03/18/17 E.U. Film Series Gene Siskel Film Center Chicago, IL
- 03/24/17 California Inst. of the Arts Valencia, CA
- 03/27/17 Wesleyan University Middleton, CT
- 03/30/17 RiverRun Int’l Fim Festival Winston-Salem, NC
- 04/05/17 San Francisco Int’l Film Festival San Francisco, CA
- 04/13/17 Minneapolis-St. Paul Int’l Film Festival Minneapolis, MN
- 05/07/17 Harvard Film Archives Cambridge, MA
- 05/26/17 Northwest Film Center Portland, OR
- 05/28/17 Seattle Int’l Film Festival Seattle, WA
- 06/14/17 Provincetown Int’l Film Festival Provincetown, MA
- 06/15/17 Speed Art Museum Louisville, KY
- 06/16/17 Maryland Film Festival Baltimore, MD
- 06/23/17 IFC Center New York, NY
- 06/23/17 Film Society at Lincoln Center New York, NY
- 06/24/17 Kansas City Gay & Lesbian Film Fest Kansas City, MO
- 06/26/17 Boardman’s Art Theater Champaign, IL
- 06/29/17 Cleveland Cinematheque Cleveland, OH
- 06/30/17 Landmark’s Nuart Theatre W. Los Angeles, CA
- 06/30/17 Music Box Theatre Chicago, IL
- 07/07/17 Landmark’s Opera Plaza Cinemas San Francisco, CA
- 07/07/17 Landmark’s Shattuck Cinemas Berkeley, CA
- 07/07/17 Landmark’s Ritz at the Bourse Philadelphia, PA
- 07/07/17 Miami Beach Cinematheque Miami Beach, FL
- 07/07/17 Sie Film Center Denver, CO
- 07/14/17 CCA Santa Fe Santa Fe, NM
- 07/21/17 Four Star Theatre San Francisco, CA
- 07/21/17 Alamo Drafthouse – Ritz Austin, TX
- 07/28/17 Darkside Cinemas Corvallis, OR
- 08/02/17 Northwest Film Forum Seattle, WA
- 08/04/17 Digital Gym Cinema San Diego, CA
- 08/04/17 Gateway Film Center Columbus, OH
- 08/04/17 Zeitgeist Arts Center New Orleans, LA
- 08/07/17 Camelot Theatres Palm Springs, CA
- 08/11/17 Film Society of Little Rock Little Rock, AR
- 08/29/17 Bucknell University Lewisberg, PA
- 09/01/17 Brattle Theatre Boston, MA
- 09/08/17 Texas Theatre Dallas, TX
- 09/09/17 Martha’s Vineyard Film Center Vineyard, MA
- 09/19/17 Bama Theatre Tuscaloosa, AL
- 09/26/17 Film Scene Iowa City, IA
- 09/26/17 SPACE Gallery Portland, ME
- 09/28/17 Milwaukee Film Festival Milwaukee, WI
- 10/18/17 Ragtag Cinema Columbia, MO
- 10/20/17 UCR ARTSblock Riverside, CA
- 10/22/17 West Virginia Film Festival Charleston, WV
- 10/25/17 Alamo Drafthouse – Lubbock Lubbock, TX
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