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João Pedro Rodrigues is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter, Director of Photography, Editor and Costume Design Portugais born on 24 august 1966 at Lisbon (Portugal)
João Pedro Rodrigues (Lisbon, 1966) is a Portuguese film director whose activity started in 1997. Is considered to be part of The School of Reis film family.
Having studied at the School of Theatre and Cinema of Portugal, João Pedro Rodrigues started his career as an assistant director and editor in several features, directed, for example, by Alberto Seixas Santos and Teresa Villaverde, among others. In 1997 João Pedro Rodrigues directs his first film. O Fantasma (Phantom) (2000), his first feature-length, is a film dealing with affections in homosexuality, aimed at catering the demands of a growing influence of gays and gay culture within the Portuguese artistic circles. Besides the minor controversy it generated in Portugal, the film was shown in Spain, Italy, France, Brazil and USA with modest results. Two Drifters (2005), his second feature film, has obtained relative international acclaim and was shown at the Cannes Film Festival.
His features have been produced and released by the production company Rosa Filmes.
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João Pedro Rodrigues (Lisbon, 1966) is a Portuguese film director whose activity started in 1997. Is considered to be part of The School of Reis film family.
Having studied at the School of Theatre and Cinema of Portugal, João Pedro Rodrigues started his career as an assistant director and editor in several features, directed, for example, by Alberto Seixas Santos and Teresa Villaverde, among others. In 1997 João Pedro Rodrigues directs his first film. O Fantasma (Phantom) (2000), his first feature-length, is a film dealing with affections in homosexuality, aimed at catering the demands of a growing influence of gays and gay culture within the Portuguese artistic circles. Besides the minor controversy it generated in Portugal, the film was shown in Spain, Italy, France, Brazil and USA with modest results. Two Drifters (2005), his second feature film, has obtained relative international acclaim and was shown at the Cannes Film Festival.
His features have been produced and released by the production company Rosa Filmes.
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The Ornithologist (2016)
Directed by João Pedro Rodrigues
Origin Portugal
Genres Drama, Adventure
Actors Paul Hamy, João Pedro Rodrigues
Roles São António
Rating62%
Fernando, ornithologue, est emporté par les rapides d'une rivière alors qu'il observe les oiseaux depuis son kayak. Inconscient, il est sauvé par deux chinoises parties faire le pèlerinage de Saint-Jacques-de-Compostelle et qui se sont perdues à la frontière portugaise. Commence pour Fernando un long chemin de souffrances et de désirs mêlés qui le transformera à tout jamais.
The Ornithologist (2016)
, 1h57Directed by João Pedro Rodrigues
Origin Portugal
Genres Drama, Adventure
Actors Paul Hamy, João Pedro Rodrigues
Roles São António
Rating62%
Un beau jeune ornithologue part, seul, en expédition d'observation, en kayak, dans un parc naturel, pour une durée indéterminée, avec tout le matériel nécessaire, dont une boîte de médicaments indispensables à sa survie. Il est attiré par les oiseaux, et son imprudence l'entraîne dans des rapides, où il est éjecté de son kayak.
The Last Time I Saw Macao (2012)
, 1h22Directed by João Pedro Rodrigues
Origin Portugal
Genres Thriller, Documentary
Actors João Pedro Rodrigues
Rating62%
Thirty years later I’m on my way to Macao where I have been since I was a child. I got an e-mail, in Lisboa, from Candy, a friend I hadn’t heard from in ages. She told me that she had been involved yet again with the wrong men and asked me to go to Macao where “strange and scary things” were happening.
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The Ornithologist (2016)
Directed by João Pedro Rodrigues
Origin Portugal
Genres Drama, Adventure
Actors Paul Hamy, João Pedro Rodrigues
Rating62%
Fernando, ornithologue, est emporté par les rapides d'une rivière alors qu'il observe les oiseaux depuis son kayak. Inconscient, il est sauvé par deux chinoises parties faire le pèlerinage de Saint-Jacques-de-Compostelle et qui se sont perdues à la frontière portugaise. Commence pour Fernando un long chemin de souffrances et de désirs mêlés qui le transformera à tout jamais.
The Ornithologist (2016)
, 1h57Directed by João Pedro Rodrigues
Origin Portugal
Genres Drama, Adventure
Actors Paul Hamy, João Pedro Rodrigues
Rating62%
Un beau jeune ornithologue part, seul, en expédition d'observation, en kayak, dans un parc naturel, pour une durée indéterminée, avec tout le matériel nécessaire, dont une boîte de médicaments indispensables à sa survie. Il est attiré par les oiseaux, et son imprudence l'entraîne dans des rapides, où il est éjecté de son kayak.
The Last Time I Saw Macao (2012)
, 1h22Directed by João Pedro Rodrigues
Origin Portugal
Genres Thriller, Documentary
Actors João Pedro Rodrigues
Rating62%
Thirty years later I’m on my way to Macao where I have been since I was a child. I got an e-mail, in Lisboa, from Candy, a friend I hadn’t heard from in ages. She told me that she had been involved yet again with the wrong men and asked me to go to Macao where “strange and scary things” were happening.
To Die Like a Man (2009)
, 2h13Directed by João Pedro Rodrigues
Origin France
Genres Drama, Musical, Melodrama
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Carloto Cotta
Rating63%
Le film raconte l'histoire d'une drag queen homosexuel, Tonia, qui joue dans un cabaret de Lisbonne, mais qui est vieillissante et en pleine crise.
Two Drifters (2005)
, 1h41Directed by João Pedro Rodrigues
Origin Portugal
Genres Drama
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Ana Cristina Oliveira, Teresa Madruga, Carloto Cotta
Rating57%
Pedro meurt dans un accident de la route, laissant son compagnon Rui et sa mère dans un immense chagrin. Dès la veillée funèbre, Odete, patineuse de supermarché et voisine de la mère, s'infiltre dans leur deuil et prétend être enceinte de Pedro.
O Fantasma (2000)
, 1h30Directed by João Pedro Rodrigues
Origin Portugal
Genres Drama, Erotic
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, BDSM in films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Rating57%
Young and handsome Sergio (Ricardo Meneses) works the night shift as a trash collector in Lisbon. He is uninterested in his pretty female co-worker Fatima, who displays an avid interest in him, so instead Sergio roams the city. Eventually Sergio becomes fascinated with a sleek motorcycle and its arrogant owner - a young man totally indifferent to Sergio. Sergio's surfacing desires unleash his darkest impulses, sending him down a dangerous path of violence, depravity, and degradation.
Scriptwriter
The Ornithologist (2016)
Directed by João Pedro Rodrigues
Origin Portugal
Genres Drama, Adventure
Actors Paul Hamy, João Pedro Rodrigues
Rating62%
Fernando, ornithologue, est emporté par les rapides d'une rivière alors qu'il observe les oiseaux depuis son kayak. Inconscient, il est sauvé par deux chinoises parties faire le pèlerinage de Saint-Jacques-de-Compostelle et qui se sont perdues à la frontière portugaise. Commence pour Fernando un long chemin de souffrances et de désirs mêlés qui le transformera à tout jamais.
The Ornithologist (2016)
, 1h57Directed by João Pedro Rodrigues
Origin Portugal
Genres Drama, Adventure
Actors Paul Hamy, João Pedro Rodrigues
Rating62%
Un beau jeune ornithologue part, seul, en expédition d'observation, en kayak, dans un parc naturel, pour une durée indéterminée, avec tout le matériel nécessaire, dont une boîte de médicaments indispensables à sa survie. Il est attiré par les oiseaux, et son imprudence l'entraîne dans des rapides, où il est éjecté de son kayak.
The Last Time I Saw Macao (2012)
, 1h22Directed by João Pedro Rodrigues
Origin Portugal
Genres Thriller, Documentary
Actors João Pedro Rodrigues
Rating62%
Thirty years later I’m on my way to Macao where I have been since I was a child. I got an e-mail, in Lisboa, from Candy, a friend I hadn’t heard from in ages. She told me that she had been involved yet again with the wrong men and asked me to go to Macao where “strange and scary things” were happening.
To Die Like a Man (2009)
, 2h13Directed by João Pedro Rodrigues
Origin France
Genres Drama, Musical, Melodrama
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Carloto Cotta
Rating63%
Le film raconte l'histoire d'une drag queen homosexuel, Tonia, qui joue dans un cabaret de Lisbonne, mais qui est vieillissante et en pleine crise.
Two Drifters (2005)
, 1h41Directed by João Pedro Rodrigues
Origin Portugal
Genres Drama
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Ana Cristina Oliveira, Teresa Madruga, Carloto Cotta
Rating57%
Pedro meurt dans un accident de la route, laissant son compagnon Rui et sa mère dans un immense chagrin. Dès la veillée funèbre, Odete, patineuse de supermarché et voisine de la mère, s'infiltre dans leur deuil et prétend être enceinte de Pedro.
O Fantasma (2000)
, 1h30Directed by João Pedro Rodrigues
Origin Portugal
Genres Drama, Erotic
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, BDSM in films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Roles Writer
Rating57%
Young and handsome Sergio (Ricardo Meneses) works the night shift as a trash collector in Lisbon. He is uninterested in his pretty female co-worker Fatima, who displays an avid interest in him, so instead Sergio roams the city. Eventually Sergio becomes fascinated with a sleek motorcycle and its arrogant owner - a young man totally indifferent to Sergio. Sergio's surfacing desires unleash his darkest impulses, sending him down a dangerous path of violence, depravity, and degradation.