Join Fruits on Film for a special screening of João Pedro Rodrigues’ 2000 film O Fantasma (The Phantom). The film will also include a special introduction by independent film programmer Nico Hughes.  

Tickets for this event are £12 for members (restricted to 2 per member, so you can bring a guest for the same price), and £15 for non-members.

About O Fantasma:

Brooding, alienated Sergio works as a trash collector in Lisbon. At night, he roams the city streets seeking rough, anonymous sex with other men. One night Sergio becomes fascinated with the owner of a sleek motorcycle—a man who seems to be the embodiment of his tormented fantasies.

Content warning: Contains explicit depictions of full-frontal nudity and unsimulated sexual acts, intense sexual obsession, and depictions of aggressive behavior and violence.

A note from the Fruits on Film curators:

O Fantasma is a chilling and erotic depiction of a man losing himself entirely to his sexual desire. The line between everyday mundanities and pleasure is lost, and he instead submits to the kinky desire within him and spirals into an uninhibited, feral entity roaming the streets and searching for a fix that perhaps may never be found. The lack of dialogue and intense sensuality and physicality depicted leaves the viewer mesmerised and unsettled. This film is groundbreaking and doesn’t shy away from the perverse. An underscreened gem, and a cultural triumph in erotic queer cinema.

About Nico Hughes:

Nico Hughes is an independent film programmer based in London. His work centres on bringing attention to transgressive and underseen works across melodrama, erotica and artist film, with a particular interest in Spanish-language cinema

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