Jules Elting

From acclaimed filmmaker João Pedro Rodrigues ('O Fantasma'), this transgressive drama stars French heartthrob Paul Hamy as a solitary ornithologist studying birds along a remote river in Northern Portugal. When he's swept away be the rapids, he embarks on a transformational journey. A metaphysical gay adventure film, 'The Ornothologist' is packed with absurdist humor and delicious homoeroticism.

While long, hot days turn into blue summer nights, change hangs in the air. Dara, an ethnologist documenting houses being targeted for demolition, meets Lucek, a young Polish construction worker who is building a tunnel that will connect Denmark and Germany. Meanwhile, Käthe works on the ferry, steadily moving passengers, their stories, and goods to and fro.