The start of the film sets the tone. A tortured man looks as if he will castrate himself. Later he staggers aimlessly and bleeding heavily through the streets of a town that is just waking up. In parallel, the film shows the marital discussions of a couple, with the husband hiding behind the camera. (The bleeding man is played by Lav Diaz, the director of the longest film in this programme, Evolution of a Philippine Family. (GjZ)
Also in this combined programme
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Barong Brothers
An improvised homage to the great silent slapstick tradition in which two brothers want each other’s blood. -
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Amen, a Brown Comedy
Black satire about a super-polite Filippino child who literally loses his head. -
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Film details
- Country of production
- Philippines
- Year
- 2005
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2005
- Length
- 15'
- Medium/Format
- DV cam NTSC
