Will-o'-the-Wisp

Name: Will-o'-the-Wisp
Genre: Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Comedy, Romance, Musical
Released: May 26, 2023
Duration: 67 min
Rating: 72
Cast: André Cabral, Cláudia Jardim, Joana Barrios, João Reis Moreira, João Villas-Boas

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Strand Releasing | Release Date: May 26, 2023 | Unrated

Starring: André Cabral, Cláudia Jardim, Joana Barrios, João Reis Moreira, João Villas-Boas, Joel Branco, Margarida Vila-Nova, Mauro Costa, Miguel Loureiro, Teresa Madruga

Summary: On his deathbed, his royal highness Alfredo, king without a crown, is taken back to distant youth memories and the time he dreamt of becoming a fireman. The encounter with instructor Afonso from the fire brigade opens a new chapter in the life of the two young men immersed in love and desire, and the will to change the status quo.

Director: João Pedro Rodrigues

Genre(s): Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Comedy, Romance, Musical

Rating: Unrated

Runtime: 67 min

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Carlos Aguilar

Jun 7, 2023

Like the fiery folklore entity that lends it its name, Will-o’-the-Wisp burns bright with idiosyncratic ambition. Few cineastes out there are making deliciously defiant art like Rodrigues, and this entry in his catalog is a concentrated shot of his sardonic mastery. Read full review

Leslie Felperin

Jun 7, 2023

While the cast’s dancing is very good, on the whole, the acting suggests less training. But that fits the semi-professional vibe even better, creating a work that feels light, quick and quite dirty in every sense. Read full review

Guy Lodge

Jun 7, 2023

Rampantly horny and unapologetically silly, Will-o’-the-Wisp appeals to more primal desires and thought processes in its audience, even as it repurposes a Greta Thunberg speech or references the racially charged work of 18th-century Portuguese painter José Conrado Roza. Read full review

Allan Hunter

Jun 7, 2023

Served up with lashings of homoeroticism, Bunuelian satire, a gay love story and an athletic dance number, its uncompromising nature will delight fans of the visionary filmmaker. Read full review

Amy Nicholson

May 25, 2023

Will-o’-the-Wisp, an off-balance provocation from the Portuguese titillater João Pedro Rodrigues, is a prank in fancy dress, a plastic boutonniere that squirts battery acid. The joke is on everyone, particularly the powerful and those holding out hope that the powerful will save the planet. Read full review

The Film Stage Ethan Vestby

May 4, 2023

It’s hard not to wish the film were a little longer and could push its musical element harder. It doesn’t quite erupt into a rapturous extravaganza—seemingly by design, as a twinge of defeat emerges when the film makes a hard ellipsis back to the future in its final minutes. But in this mad dash of relevancy, maybe a bit of half baked-ness just comes with the territory Read full review

G. Allen Johnson

Jun 29, 2023

Will-o’-the-Wisp, a flight of fancy from Portuguese provocateur João Pedro Rodrigues, has a few ideas, a fun little musical sequence and quite a bit of eye candy. But it seems like a series of tonally different short films mashed together — an art installation rather than a movie. Read full review

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alanpotter17

Sep 2, 2023

Ainda que não seja propriamente um filme comum, está mais para um quadro performático onde um jovem príncipe aspira a ser da corporação dos bombeiros, resgatando uma espécie de fetiche dos instintos mais naturais do imaginário LGBTQUIA+.
Sem contar com um roteiro linear, mas dando vazão àAinda que não seja propriamente um filme comum, está mais para um quadro performático onde um jovem príncipe aspira a ser da corporação dos bombeiros, resgatando uma espécie de fetiche dos instintos mais naturais do imaginário LGBTQUIA+.
Sem contar com um roteiro linear, mas dando vazão à luxúria e traços mais teatralizados, o filme vai se desencadeando como um sonho, puro tesão e imaginação. Há, então, de tudo um pouco, sem poupar os expectadores que estão em busca de tal conteúdo, como nudez explícita e coito. Pode parecer um tanto apelativo para alguns, mas a beleza com que é filmado e a plasticidade dos atores, faz tudo não soar vulgar.
A duração diminuta também ajuda na experiência, que mais parece a trasnposição de um desejo oculto posta nas telas, com várias cenas onde um amontoado de machos do corpo de bombeiros aparecem. Pode soar um roteiro de xvideos, mas de fato há aqui um cuidado do roteiro em criar um clima poético, com uma trilha gostos e atuações que também sugerem mais do que explicitam. Vale a conferida, mas com a ressalva de que é um conteúdo particularmente direcionado a determinados públicos.… Expand

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