In the Philippines in 1979, a poet pines for his wife, who has gone off to run a clinic in another city. A dark, subversive rock opera recounting the imposition of martial law under President Ferdinand Marcos.
A protest film, musical saga and historical tragedy all in one, the new outing by the Filipino filmmaker follows a handful of characters – revolutionaries and their persecutors – all of them victims of the martial law imposed by Ferdinand Marcos in the 1970s. Shot in black and white and featuring close to thirty songs, all composed by Lav Diaz himself, this new, ambitious, masterfully structured film is a powerful, wrenching work, a political lampoon celebrating resistance. Over its nearly...
Feature film , Drama
PHILIPPINES | 234 minutes | 2018
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