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The Ornithologist · LeviOsa

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2016·16

The Ornithologist

Things happen, you just have to believe.

AdventureDramaMystery1h 58m

🍅87%

🍅

87%

Tomatometer

🍿

50%

Popcornmeter

6.1

TMDB

Storyline

Stranded along a sublime river fjord in northern Portugal, an ornithologist is subjected to a series of brutal and erotic Stations-of-the-Cross-style tests.

Trailers

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Details

DirectorJoão Pedro Rodrigues

ReleasedSep 16, 2016

StatusReleased

Original languagePortuguese

Budget

$1.3M

Revenue

Not disclosed

Parental guide16CH

Studios

Blackmaria

House on FireItaca Films

Le FresnoyInstitut Français

Cast

Paul Hamy

Paul Hamy

Fernando

João Pedro Rodrigues

João Pedro Rodrigues

António

Xelo Cagiao

Xelo Cagiao

Jesus / Tomé

Han Wen

Han Wen

Fei

Chan Suan

Chan Suan

Ling

Jules Elting

Blonde Huntress

Flora Bulcão

Flora Bulcão

Huntress 1

Isabelle Puntel

Isabelle Puntel

Huntress 2

Alexandre Alverca

André Freitas

David Silva Pereira

Gil Mendes da Silva

Where to watch(NG)

Stream

Strand Releasing Amazon Channel

Rent / Buy

Amazon Video

Apple TV Store

Google Play Movies

YouTube

Fandango At Home

Reviews

9 reviews · 7 critics · 1 fan

8 fresh · 0 rotten

Critics consensus

“The Ornithologist demands patient viewing from an audience attuned to symbolic pleasures -- and rewards the investment with an unusual tale of self-discovery.”

87% TomatometerRotten Tomatoes

D

David Stratton

RTThe AustralianNov 3, 2017

Even if elements of The Ornithologist are a bit baffling, it's still a visual treat and it's certainly never boring.

S

Simran Hans

RTObserver (UK)Oct 8, 2017

The steel-stomached will find there's fun to be had with the film's investment in the spectacle of bodies (variously gory or sexy), and Fernando's increasingly surreal misadventures, which dance violently between the sacred and the profane.

K

Kevin Maher

RTThe Times (UK)Oct 5, 2017

Audacious, intriguing and also strangely sweet.

D

Dustin Chang

RTScreenAnarchyJul 17, 2020

The increasing absurdity, punctuated by beautiful images of nature, this leisurely paced film is an intoxicating mix of madcap imagination and sensory cinematic experience that is truly hard to forget.

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Information

Title

The Ornithologist

Released

Sep 16, 2016

Rated

16

Region of Origin

Portugal, France

Original Audio

Portuguese

Runtime

1h 58m

Status

Released

Studios

Blackmaria, House on Fire

The Hunter