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A Balasaur Score of 48 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 5.7/10, Rotten Tomatoes 29%, Metacritic 36/100. Audiences rate it 21 points higher than critics do. Most of the 3,275 2000s drama movies in this catalog score higher. It runs a compact 1h 27m. Streaming on Tubi.
Synopsis
Sergio is a brooding, alienated man who works as a trash collector in Lisbon by day and roams the city streets by night seeking rough, anonymous sex with men. One night he meets a man who seems to be the embodiment of his tormented fantasies, and he becomes obsessed with the stranger until loneliness and unfulfilled desire propel him finally into a dark and dangerous animalistic state.
Ratings
IMDb5.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes29%
Metacritic36/100
Audiences rate it 21 points higher than critics do.
124 audience votes
Key crew
- João Pedro RodriguesDirector
- Alexandre MeloWriter
- José NevesWriter
- Paulo RebeloWriter
- João Pedro RodriguesWriter
Cast
- Ricardo MenesesSérgio
- Beatriz TorcatoFátima
- André BarbosaJoão
- Eurico VieiraVirgilio
- Joaquim OliveiraMário
- Florindo LourençoMatos
- Rodrigo GarínYoung man in bathroom
- Jorge AlmeidaPolice 1
- Maria Paola PorruJoão's mother
- Luis ZorroYoung man in Sérgio's room
- SalomãoMan with doberman
- João Rui Guerra da MataPolice 2
Themes
eroticismsadomasochismrape of a malemale homosexualitydoglgbterotic moviegay theme