O Fantasma (2000) is a sexually explicit drama film that follows a gay garbage collector who develops a dangerous sexual obsession. Set in Lisbon, Portugal, the film explores themes of homosexuality, eroticism, and sexual obsession in a raw and explicit manner.

Young Jesus is taken on a vacation by his parents (Rita Blanco, Adriano Luz) to a deserted beach resort. They accidentally fall into overnight wealth after Jesus digs in the sand, uncovering a large drug stash. Others characters intersecting here include an alcoholic actress, a philandering banker, a general trafficking in arms, priests who close their church and head north as hitchhikers, politicians who watch an all-girl production of Julius Caesar, and beggars who recite a children's story in a huge heap of trash.