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O Fantasma | Year: 2000 Classification: Foreign Film - Portugese Directed: - João Pedro Rodrigues Actors/Actresses: - Ricardo Meneses - Beatriz Torcato Interesting and brave This is a very interesting and unusual film.<BR>Centering around a (very sexy) young man, who works as a dustman, and becomes obsessed by a man on his round. The film is about his descent into obsession, becoming a stalker, and his lust for anonymous sex.<BR>Its well acted, and a brave and interesting film, if not a little too slow at times.<BR>It must be said that the sex scenes are without a doubt the most explicit I have ever seen outside of pornography.<BR>The extras are interesting and definately worth a viewing. Nice looking cast but... I read a number of good reviews of this film so I ordered the DVD. It's a bit slow and the story line is not really followed through. A few explicit scenes and a good looking cast do not a good film make. The Director's commentary is also quite bizarre but at least explains two or three scenes that seem to cut midway through forcing you to wonder whether your DVD player's skipped a scene! Pleasant but not really worth the above average price. ***TOO MUCH AND NOT ENOUGH*** O FANTASMA! AGAIN I TOOK A CHANCE & BOUGHT A DVD WITHOUT FIRST HAVING SEEN IT. ITS' SUBJECT--A YOUNG MANS' SAME-SEX ESCAPADES ABOUT TOWN IN LISBON, PORTUGAL--SEEMS QUITE PROVOCATIVE WHEN BUYING A FILM. I MUST SAY ITS MAIN CHARACTER--SERGIO--WAS A DELIGHT TO WATCH & A GREAT CHOICE FOR THIS FILM AS HE POSSESSES THAT "BRANDOESQUE", UNTAMED SEX-APPEAL THAT CAN'T BE TAUGHT OR LEARNED. THE WAY HE SUCCUMBED TO HIS SEXUAL PROCLIVITIES WITH SUCH SELF-ABANDON WAS TRULY BELIEVABLE IF NOT RISQUE & DISTURBING. THE FILM STARTS OUT WITH WHAT APPEARS TO BE SOME FORM OF S&M & PROGRESSES TO ANONYMOUS SEXUAL ENCOUNTERS IN A CAR & A PUBLIC RESTROOM. MIND YOU, THESE ENCOUNTERS ARE STRICTLY CARNAL & DEVOID OF ANY IDEALIZATION OF SEXUALITY ITSELF. ALL THE WHILE SERGIO MADLY OBSESSES OVER A DUDE THAT FINDS HIS STALKING BEHAVIOR ANNOYING AND INCOMPREHENSIBLE. THIS DOESN'T DETER SERGIO AS HE PROCEEDS DEEPER INTO HIS SEXUAL DILEMMA. THE GUY BECOMES A "PHANTOM" IN SERGIOS' PSYCHE; THE MORE HE AVOIDS & REFUSES SERGIOS' ADVANCES THE DEEPER SERGIO FALLS INTO HIS SELF-CREATED ABYSS. THE OVERALL SCENERY OF THE FILM IS DARK & DESOLATE WHICH HELPED TO ISOLATE & AMPLIFY SERGIOS' TROUBLED STATE OF MIND. OVERALL, THE FILM WAS NOT ALL BAD BUT "TOO MUCH & NOT ENOUGH". KUDOS TO RICARDO MENESES ON HIS DEBUT; HE ALONE MADE THIS FILM MEMORABLE. Buy O Fantasma at Amazon.com Buy posters at Allposters.com Jamster - the latest ringtones for your phone!  Search with Walhello on the Internet on O Fantasma Search with the Priority Search Engine on O Fantasma This page in other languages: Suomeksi | Nederlands | Deutsch
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