João Pedro Rodrigues

João Pedro Rodrigues (2013)

João Pedro Rodrigues (* 1966 in Lisbon ) is a Portuguese film director .

Career

After dropping out of ornithology , he began studying at the Lisbon Film School in 1985, which he graduated in 1989. After assisting other directors such as Alberto Seixas Santos and Teresa Villaverde , he made his first short film in 1988, O Pastor (“The Shepherd”). His next short film Parabéns ("Congratulations") received a special mention at the 54th Venice Film Festival . In 1998 he shot Viagem à Expo for Expo 98 , the world exhibition in Lisbon.

In 2000 his first feature film was shown in Venice and received international criticism. O Fantasma subsequently received further awards, including two main awards for best film (in Belfort and New York ). After his second feature film Two Drifters (orig .: Odete ) in 2005, he shot To Die Like a Man (orig .: Morrer Como um Homem ), which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2009 in the Un Certain Regard category . Author Carlos Castro accused Rodrigues of using his novel Ruth Bryden as a template for the film . In 2012 his film A Última Vez Que Vi Macau (“When I last saw Macau ”) was released.

For his film O Ornitólogo he received the Leopard for best director at the Locarno International Film Festival in 2016 .

reception

Rodrigues' films are mostly set in the homosexual milieu, which was seldom seen in Portuguese films up to now, and has never been addressed so consistently by any Portuguese director. While his atmospheric images are mostly controlled and observant, Rodrigues' characters are uncontrolled, irrepressible or lost. His films have caused controversy among the Portuguese public because of certain scenes and topics. His films have met with great interest from critics. So who Cinemathek the BAM - Brooklyn Academy of Music and the HFA - Harvard Film Archive shown Rodrigues retrospectives, but also in other countries have cineastes busy with him in Germany. Together with names like Miguel Gomes and Edgar Pêra, he belongs to a new generation of Portuguese filmmakers who are developing their own narrative languages, away from the mainstream and fashionable topics. With his contemporary themes and his film aesthetics , Rodrigues stands in the tradition of Portuguese auteur filmmakers since Novo Cinema and is also considered one of the hopes for young European film, especially gay and lesbian cinema.

Filmography

• 1998: O Pastor
• 1997: Parabéns!
• 1998: Viagem à Expo
• 2000: O Fantasma
• 2005: Odete
• 2007: China China
• 2009: To die like a man (Morrer Como Um Homem)
• 2011: Manhã de Santo António
• 2011: Alvorada Vermelha
• 2012: A Última Vez Que Vi Macau
• 2015: IEC Long
• 2016: The Ornithologist (O Ornitólogo)

See also

• Portuguese film

Web links

• Extensive review and interview 2009 (English)
• João Pedro Rodrigues in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

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2. ↑ http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/artist/id/10881889.html
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4. ↑ http://www.cineman.ch/news/filmfestival-locarno-die-gewinner-2016/12378/
5. ^ A. Murtinheira & I. Metzeltin: History of the Portuguese cinema . 1st edition, Praesens Verlag, Vienna 2010, page 159.
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7. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from May 6, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
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9. ↑ http://www.cinema-muenster.de/menu/programm/filmreihen/uebermut00.html
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11. ↑ http://www.villagevoice.com/2010-10-06/film/joao-pedro-rodrigues-queer-cinema-s-phantom-menace/