Lav Diaz于2008年完成的新片,获得2008年第65届威尼斯电影节地平线单元最佳影片大奖。
本片可能是Lav Diaz最复杂的影片。长达7个半小时的片长对于熟悉Lav Diaz的人来说已是司空见惯。影片大致由三个部分和尾声组成:第一部分发生在Sagada村,男主角Julian和女主角Alberta以及他们的朋友Rina分别以不同的人格扮演来试图排解心中失去亲人的苦闷;第二部分是在马尼拉,此时Rina已因忧郁自杀身亡,Julian和Alberta因之前在Sagada村的人格扮演疗法发生争执,两人各执己见,但均无法找出真正治疗忧郁症的方法;第三部分是倒叙十年前发生在Mindoro岛上的左翼激进分子和军方的抵抗斗争,Alberta的丈夫Renato是激进组织的一员,在战友纷纷牺牲的情况下,Renato内心产生了激烈的斗争,认为自己的悲伤永无平息之日...
An itinerant tattoo artist joins a talent reality show for lesbians in the hopes of winning the prize money that will enable her to get artificially inseminated and achieve her lifelong dream of becoming a mother.
An engkanto, or encanto, is an often-malign spirit dwelling in the Filipino countryside, although in Death in the Land of Encantos, some of them have migrated to eastern Europe as exiles. Their human counterpart is the film’s protagonist, Benjamin (“Hamin”) Agusan, a poet who returns from years in Russia to search for the body of his girlfriend in the wake of a catastrophic typ...
A countryside dramedy (drama-comedy) that follows 14-year-old Diana and her younger brother who live by themselves after their mother went abroad and their father lived with another woman. Set in a remote purok, where people display positive outlook in life despite daily struggles, the film features the light side of country lifestyle as the main characters take advantage of the fun and thrills of the town festival to take hold of their sweet childhood.