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What drives a man to search for the truth? In the case of Lt. Hermes Papauran, who is arguably the greatest Filipino investigator, when asked, he says dejectedly that maybe he just wants to keep inflicting pain on himself. With such an ambiguous statement, he may have provided the greatest answer to the proverbial question.
Burger Boys (1999) Colored IMDB | LetterBoxd | Facebook page | MUBI Synopsis Four high school friends hatch a plan for a farcical heist that sends them spiraling into a series of surreal events littered with clowns, fast food, and 'rakenrol', in an even more absurd nation of squalor and entertainment.
2005 Ebolusyon ng Isang Pamilyang Pilipino (Evolution of a Filipino Family) 2006 Heremias, Ang Alamat ng Prinsesang Bayawak (Heremias, The Legend of the Lizard Princess) 2007 Kagadanan sa banwaan ning mga engkanto (Death in the Land of Encantos) 2008 Melancholia 2009 Walang Alaala ang mga Paru-paro (Butterflies Have No Memories)…
sine olivia pilipinas brings you Lav Diaz's latest, "Historya Ni Ha (@historyofha)" today, February 14, Valentine's Day. Stars John Lloyd Cruz, Mae Paner, Teroy Guzman, Dolly De Leon, Jonathan Francisco, Earl Ignacio, Hazel Orencio, Ceian Hazel Gabuco, Allen Alzola.
It starts on June 30, 1997, the day that Hong Kong was returned to China, provoking a Filipino-Chinese community exodus. From there Diaz fashions an inexplicably transcendent journey to the end of the world, deeply soaked in melancholy and open to almost all possible interpretations.
Nel Costales, “Heremias [Unang Aklat: Ang Alamat Ng Prinsesang Bayawak] (2006, Lav Diaz)”, Cine Filipinas. Olaf Möller, “Heremias (Book One: The Legend of the Lizard Princess)” Celine Julie, “HEREMIAS (2006, LAV DIAZ, A+++++)”, Limitless Cinema in Broken English, Sept. 10, 2007. Lukas Foerster, Lav Diaz: mini-dossier, The canine ...
Batang West Side starts out with a fatal shooting of a Filipino teenager, Hanzel Harana (Yul Servo), on a whiteout-drenched West Side Avenue in Jersey City. A Filipino-American detective, Juan Mijares (Joel Torre) is dispatched to the scene of the crime and starts a tooth and nails crusade to find out who killed the hapless youth.
