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Will-o’-the-Wisp

João Pedro RODRIGUES Portugal, France 67 mins TBA Not Applicable

FILM SYNOPSIS

A queer musical fantasy set in an alternative Portugal with a raunchy and rambunctious take on loving our forests.

It is 2069. King Alfredo, on his deathbed, recalls the idealism of his youth half a century ago. Sparked by an uptick in wildfires, young, twinky Alfredo gives up princehood to volunteer as a fireman where he learns hands-on from the hot and hunky Afonso. The heat turns up, and there is a duty to be done.

With unbridled eroticism and a quirky ecological bent, Will-o’-the-Wisp shows us that desire matters even when the world is burning. Come for the delightful romp through song, dance, even a risqué locker room art tour, and stay for the playful picks at empire, race, sexuality. A gentle warning: this is cinema that will make you sweat.

FILM INFO

FILM CREDITS

João Pedro RODRIGUES

Portuguese auteur João Pedro RODRIGUES is known for his provocative treatment of sexuality in films like O Fantasma (2000), Two Drifters (2005) and The Ornithologist (2016), which won him the Silver Leopard for Best Director at Locarno Film Festival. Will-o’-the-Wisp premiered at Cannes.

CONTACT

Films Boutique

ruta@filmsboutique.com

Screening Details

  • Date/Time

  • Venue

    Not Applicable

  • Runtime

    67 mins

Key points to note

Will-o’-the-Wisp will not be screened at the 33rd Singapore International Film Festival as it has been classified as “R21 To be Passed with Edits” by the Infocomm Media Development Authority.

SGIFF has a longstanding policy of not showing films that have been cut to preserve the artistic integrity of the film and filmmaker(s).

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