My Summary above just about says it all. This is a Portugese film directed by Joao Pedro Rodrigues, & starring in his first & only role to date Ricardo Meneses who was barely 17 when this film was made in 2000. (he went back to his home town to work his widowed mothers farm).
His portrayal of Sergio shows raw, rare acting ability,Hopefully he will return to the screen.
Sergio is a garbage collector,He is also very animalistic in his relations with people,He is very sensual looking & his sexual scenes are very erotic & well done, BUT are not lurid, the are very well handled.
I was most impressed with the first 70 or so minutes, the last 20 or so minutes delves into a fantasy situation, that to me did not work that well. If these end scenes made more sense, my rating would have been higher.
The acting by the rest of the cast is good, & the production is well done..
There is frontal male nudity & male-male sex. However this is not a gay themed film.The sex scenes are just sex scenes period.
Ratings: *** (out of 4) 82 points (out of 100) IMDb (7 out of 100)
His portrayal of Sergio shows raw, rare acting ability,Hopefully he will return to the screen.
Sergio is a garbage collector,He is also very animalistic in his relations with people,He is very sensual looking & his sexual scenes are very erotic & well done, BUT are not lurid, the are very well handled.
I was most impressed with the first 70 or so minutes, the last 20 or so minutes delves into a fantasy situation, that to me did not work that well. If these end scenes made more sense, my rating would have been higher.
The acting by the rest of the cast is good, & the production is well done..
There is frontal male nudity & male-male sex. However this is not a gay themed film.The sex scenes are just sex scenes period.
Ratings: *** (out of 4) 82 points (out of 100) IMDb (7 out of 100)