Will-o’-the-Wisp

A queer musical fantasy set in an alternative Portugal with a raunchy and rambunctious take on loving our forests.

It is 2069. King Alfredo, on his deathbed, recalls the idealism of his youth half a century ago. Sparked by an uptick in wildfires, young, twinky Alfredo gives up princehood to volunteer as a fireman where he learns hands-on from the hot and hunky Afonso. The heat turns up, and there is a duty to be done.

With unbridled eroticism and a quirky ecological bent, Will-o’-the-Wisp shows us that desire matters even when the world is burning. Come for the delightful romp through song, dance, even a risqué locker room art tour, and stay for the playful picks at empire, race, sexuality. A gentle warning: this is cinema that will make you sweat.