THE ORNITHOLOGIST
synopsis
Fernando, a solitary ornithologist, is looking for black storks, a species under threat, along a remote river in northern Portugal, when he is swept away by the rapids. Rescued by a couple of Chinese pilgrims on the road to Santiago de Compostela, he plunges into an eerie and dark forest, trying to get back on his track. But gradually, as he encounters unexpected and uncanny obstacles and people who put him to the test, Fernando is impelled to extreme actions which transform him. Little by little, he becomes a different man, inspired, multi-faceted and finally, totally enlightened.
international title: | The Ornithologist |
original title: | O Ornitólogo |
country: | Portugal, France, Brazil |
sales agent: | Films Boutique |
year: | 2016 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | João Pedro Rodrigues |
film run: | 117' |
release date: | FR 30/11/2016 |
screenplay: | João Pedro Rodrigues, João Rui Guerra da Mata |
cast: | Paul Hamy, Xelo Cagiao, Han Wen, Chan Suan, João Pedro Rodrigues |
cinematography by: | Rui Poças |
art director: | João Rui Guerra da Mata |
producer: | João Figueiras, Diogo Varela Silva, Gustavo Angel Olaya |
production: | Blackmaria, House on Fire, Le Fresnoy, Ítaca Films (BR) |
backing: | CNC’s world cinema support, Development fund for Franco-Portuguese co-productions |
distributor: | Epicentre Films |