“Things happen, you just have to believe.”
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.
Paul Hamy
Fernando
João Pedro Rodrigues
António
Xelo Cagiao
Jesus / Tomé
Han Wen
Fei
Chan Suan
Ling
Jules Elting
Blonde Huntress
Flora Bulcão
Huntress 1
Isabelle Puntel
Huntress 2
Alexandre Alverca
André Freitas
The Ornithologist is a adventure, drama, mystery film released in 2016 exploring themes of forest, male homosexuality, initiation, homoeroticism, lgbt, ornithologist. Directed by João Pedro Rodrigues, it stars Paul Hamy, João Pedro Rodrigues, Xelo Cagiao. 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.
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