An absurdist satire on the old Filipino custom that younger people should raise the hands of their elders to their forehead as a sign of respect. The disobedient child Elbis takes the last wish of his mother to be respectful all too literally and gives ‘mano’ (the hand-forehead gesture) until he doesn’t have much forehead left. It is typical of the approach of Khavn as a director that the satire is driven to the bloodiest of extremes.
Also in this combined programme
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Headless
What makes a man castrate himself? With colleague director Lav Diaz in the role of the bleeding man. -
Barong Brothers
An improvised homage to the great silent slapstick tradition in which two brothers want each other’s blood. -
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Film details
- Country of production
- Philippines
- Year
- 1998
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2005
- Length
- 15'
- Medium/Format
- DV cam NTSC
