2069, perhaps an erotic year – we'll see it soon – but fateful for a king without a crown. On his deathbed, an old song reminds him of trees, a burning pine forest, and the time when the desire to be a firefighter to set Portugal free from the scourge of fires was also the dawn of another desire. Screened at the Directors' Fortnight at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival.
João Pedro Rodrigues
Portuguese filmmaker, he began his activities in 1988, as assistant director and editor for directors such as Alberto Seixas Santos and Teresa Villaverde. He emerged internationally as a bold, singular, and unconventional queer director. His filmography includes films such as The Phantom of the Ghost (2000), To Die Like a Man (2009), and The Ornithologist (2016), winner of the Best Director award at the Locarno Film Festival.
