Young, handsome Sergio works the night shift as a trash collector in Lisbon, Portugal. Fatima, his co-worker, displays an avid interest in him, but it is not reciprocal, so instead Sergio roams the city with the company’s pet dog. He then becomes fascinated with the owner of a sleek motorcycle.
João Pedro Rodrigues emerged in Portuguese cinema as a bold, idiosyncratic and unorthodox queer auteur. O Fantasma (“The Ghost”) is his first feature-length fiction film, a disquieting, fragmented story exploring nocturnal and sexual escapades set in the dark and surreal streets of Lisbon.
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