Will-o'-the-Wisp

In this musical fantasy, 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.

“Will-o’-the-Wisp lives up to the flighty, elusive promise of its title, teasing its viewers in more ways than one: with a titillating parade of bare male bodies in balletic motion, and with hints of thematic import beyond that leading erotic spectacle… Rampantly horny and unapologetically silly…” (Variety)

 “Will-o’-the-Wisp burns bright with idiosyncratic ambition. Few cineastes out there are making deliciously defiant art like Rodrigues.” (LA Times)

Film website: strandreleasing.com/films/will-o-the-wisp

In Portuguese with English subtitles

Part of our New Queer Cinema series.