tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73024632257962529822024-03-19T11:59:10.783+08:00iCONoclastCommentaries on culture, travel, film, and beyond.RRI Espinozahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02975237646688823558noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7302463225796252982.post-58587833597051611652017-10-31T00:15:00.003+08:002017-10-31T18:39:33.777+08:00Malabon: The Metro's Unassuming Heritage City<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
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of the <i>pansit</i> Malabon, the famed <i>pansit</i> variety that has become the
symbol and pride of the place and its people. Other than its delicacies,
though, Malabon struck me as uninteresting and not worth a visit. Its infamous
perennial floods may have contributed to people's low regard for this otherwise
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<a name='more'></a><span style="color: #222222;">A day tour of this low-lying city, which originally
had direct access to the Manila Bay and included Navotas, made me reevaluate its
worth. It afforded me the opportunity to realize that beyond the </span><i style="color: #222222;">patis</i><span style="color: #222222;">, </span><i style="color: #222222;">pansit</i><span style="color: #222222;">, </span><i style="color: #222222;">kakanin</i><span style="color: #222222;">, and </span><i style="color: #222222;">baha</i><span style="color: #222222;">, Malabon is actually a treasure
trove of heritage houses of varied sizes and styles. Unlike Manila, which lost,
and continues to lose, much of its built heritage, Malabon and its denizens are
fortunate to have in their midst living exemplars of our colonial architecture.
Culture vultures will have a great time feasting their eyes on ancestral houses
that line the city's narrow streets.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">The photos featured on this post are but some of the houses I was able to take snaps of. (The tour was organized by the Advocates for Heritage Preservation</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%;">.)</span><br />
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- Randy R.I. EspinozaRRI Espinozahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02975237646688823558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7302463225796252982.post-33557015409883727542017-09-01T18:54:00.004+08:002017-09-02T20:33:27.612+08:00Gapan City’s Old Casa Municipal Undergoing Restoration<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In December 2016, the city’s old municipal building still
sported its baby pink stucco façade. The side walls, however, were brick,
prompting one to surmise that the cement front was most probably just a permutation
of, or digression from, the original design. Whether the change in the exterior’s material served a purpose or
whether it conformed to some construction codes or engineering principles, one
thing was certain: to restore the building to its original design, new
materials have to be removed. And true enough, the structure’s ongoing
restoration has revealed its brick masonry walls. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The restoration project, made possible through a grant from the National
Historical Commission of the Philippines, is still in its initial stages. I can’t
wait to see how the edifice will look
after the project’s completion. I learned from a local heritage warrior, through his post on an FB group, that it will be reused as a museum and as a library.<o:p></o:p></div>
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According to a blog, “the old municipal building had a date 1733 and
1896 on the main entrance with a gun and sword.” A definitive history of the
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<o:p><b>(READ: <a href="https://theiconoclastinme.blogspot.com/2016/09/gapans-heritage-houses-nueva-ecijas.html">Gapan’s Heritage Houses: Nueva Ecija’s Hidden Jewels</a>)</b></o:p><br />
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Some photos below show the structure’s derelict condition prior to the restoration project. The others are of the Cuison ancestral house, which I didn’t see during my first two visits to the city.<br />
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<b>(READ: <a href="https://theiconoclastinme.blogspot.com/2017/03/gapan-city-nueva-ecijas-heritage-town.html">Gapan: Nueva Ecija’s “Heritage City”</a>)</b></div>
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I visited San Pablo City, Laguna, in April of this year primarily to see
its seven lakes, but I didn’t want a rushed day trip. I wanted to linger and experience
a little more of what the city had to offer. And so I decided to stay overnight
and try another destination that a friend referred, the Bato Springs Resort,
and other places in neighboring towns (to be featured in a future post).<o:p></o:p><br />
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(<b>READ: <a href="http://theiconoclastinme.blogspot.com/2017/07/day-trip-7-lakes-of-san-pablo-city.html">Day Trip: 7 Lakes of San Pablo City</a></b>)</div>
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My two-day/one-night stay in the city let me experience not just its fabled
lakes but also “culture” and the rejuvenating water of
nearby Mount Banahaw, courtesy of its colonial-themed hotel &
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Sulyap Bed &
Breakfast Boutique Hotel/Gallery Cafe & Restaurant</span></b><b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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The establishment’s appeal resides in its heritage theme and retro vibe. It has five
buildings (1 reception/restaurant, 1 restaurant, 2 houses that serve as residences,
and 1 function area), four of which were designed and built using materials
recovered from old ancestral houses. The property includes a swimming pool and a
mini museum. There are two residential houses (casas). Casa de Alitagtag is the
premium house; Casa de Obando’s rates are lower. We stayed at the latter.</div>
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Free breakfast <o:p></o:p></div>
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Their free breakfast (served at their cafe/restaurant) was good, better than most
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Some 30 minutes away from the city center and some 15 minutes' hike from
the main road, this place is quite popular among the locals. The resort has
three tiers of swimming areas, with waters cascading from, they say, Mount
Banahaw. We went on a weekday, late afternoon (summer), and the place was full
and the cottages were not exactly clean. Nonetheless, those factors didn’t prevent
me from enjoying the rejuvenating and refreshing cold spring water that massaged my
body. It was my first time, for crying out loud. Too bad we only had less than
an hour to linger since it was getting dark and the staff had closed off the
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Overall, I enjoyed this experience. It would have been better if we didn’t
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prompted by a declaration of them as "the most threatened in the
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finally explore San Pablo’s natural bounty last summer, what’s my verdict? Was
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<a name='more'></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">More than an hour away from the metropolis, tucked away from the
highway, San Pablo City appears nondescript and uninviting. Once you reach the
city proper, the city then starts to redeem itself. It may be one of those
regular busy Laguna cities/towns, but way past the cathedral, the Sampaloc Lake
and the establishments and activities along its fringes make this city special. Beyond the city center, some six more lakes set this place apart from the rest.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">There are very few cities and towns that are situated beside a lake. And
San Pablo is not just beside a lake. It actually has 7 lakes within its
boundaries. And that’s what distinguishes it from all other municipalities in
the country. These are small lakes, most
of which have their own character and inherent appeal. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Sampaloc Lake, of
course, is the most accessible since it’s near the poblacion. It's also the
biggest. Bunot Lake is next in terms of accessibility but doesn't offer
anything special. Pandin (</span><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">15-30-minute hike from the main road)</span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">, the most popular and touristy, is beautiful and can
be serene when there are few visitors. A balsa, or bamboo raft, can be rented
to traverse the lake's expanse and reach its farthest fringe, where visitors
can do some swimming. Yambu Lake can be seen from Pandin but is only accessible
from a neighboring town. The others are a little far away but could offer
something different to the curious and discerning traveler. Muhikap Lake is my
favorite, quiet and charming, with emerald water. Palakpakin Lake is full of
water lilies and fish pens. Calibato Lake is the farthest and requires a minor
but a little risky hike, with steep descent/ascent.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I fell in love with San Pablo, chiefly because of its awe-inspiring lakes. It’s interesting how a city could have such abundance
of bodies of water, sporadically located on its undulating terrain. I just hope
that the people and local government would realize how blessed they are and cherish and value these natural
resources. They can start by encouraging local tourism (most city denizens haven't visited many of the lakes) and placing conspicuous
signs along the roads leading to the lakes.</span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The lakes can be explored within 5 hours. A tricycle trip from any point
in the city should cost PHP 500 (depends on your haggling skills) and is good for 2-3 persons. Make sure the driver knows how to get to the lakes, especially the less-visited ones.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"><b>(READ: <a href="http://theiconoclastinme.blogspot.com/2017/08/a-colonial-themed-bed-breakfast-hotel.html">A Colonial-Themed Hotel & Restaurant and Bato Springs Resort: San Pablo City’s Pride</a>)</b></span></div>
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</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The most popular and touristy. Beautiful still. Can be serene when there
are few visitors. Crowded during weekends and holidays, according to the
guides. 15-30-minute hike from the main road. <span style="background: white;">A balsa, or bamboo raft, can be rented to traverse the lake's expanse
and reach its farthest fringe, where visitors can do some swimming. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">Can be seen from Pandin but is only accessible from a neighboring town.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">My favorite, quiet and charming. Emerald water.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">Full of water lilies and fish pens.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Bunot Lake</span></b><br />
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RRI Espinozahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02975237646688823558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7302463225796252982.post-37266230170494070192017-03-17T17:34:00.003+08:002017-03-22T23:34:28.538+08:00Gapan: Nueva Ecija’s “Heritage City”<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Unknown to many, Gapan City, established in 1595, is the oldest town in Nueva
Ecija and one of the oldest in the Philippines. Cabanatuan City may be the provinces’s most progressive city and the town of San Isidro was declared the country’s
interim capital in 1899 by Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo during the Philippine-American War, but
Gapan remains the province’s crown jewel, a veritable heritage town that rivals
others in the entire Central Luzon in terms of historical and cultural
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The street leading to the Gapan Church and the Divina Pastora College</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Much of the city’s historical “treasure” is centered
around the centuries-old Gapan Church <span style="font-family: inherit;">(t</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">he Parish Church of the Three Kings)<span style="font-size: 14px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">and the heritage houses and buildings that
line the streets that form part of the old </span><i style="font-family: inherit;">poblacion</i><span style="font-family: inherit;">
area. Foremost of these heritage structures are the Old Casa Municipal, which
has long been lying idle and unkempt, and the ancestral houses nearby, some of
which have been restored but most of which have long been in disrepair.</span></div>
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These architectural structures
form a major part of what the City Government, in cooperation with national
agencies and heritage preservation groups, can designate and develop as a
heritage area. These historical artifacts are too important to neglect and let fall
apart. Well, there’s some good news. Early this year a memorandum of agreement has been signed
by the City Government of Gapan and the National Historical Commission of the
Philippines to restore the Old Casa Municipal.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An older building of the Divina Pastora College</td></tr>
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Many of the houses featured
in the photos are those that I wasn’t able to<span style="font-family: inherit;"> take photos of during my first
vis</span>it in the area. Many of the better houses have already been published in
Part 1 of the series.<b> </b><br />
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RRI Espinozahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02975237646688823558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7302463225796252982.post-67754482648256875112016-09-02T16:52:00.002+08:002017-03-19T06:46:07.762+08:00Gapan’s Heritage Houses: Nueva Ecija’s Hidden Jewels<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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(Part 1 of a series on Gapan City)<br />
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by Randy R.I. Espinoza<br />
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Gapan City is home to the oldest and biggest church in Nueva Ecija, but most people, even Novo Ecijanos themselves, are not aware that the city has some more hidden cultural jewels: its colonial-period houses. Nueva Ecija has never been regarded as a cultural center of Central Luzon. Gapan is overshadowed by the bigger cities Cabanatuan and San Jose and the capital city, Palayan; and the local government itself prefers to market the city as the “Footwear Capital of the North.” These factors contribute to a virtual ignorance of Gapan’s rich cultural heritage.</div>
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Isolated from the national highway and a few blocks away from the old city hall and plaza, dozens of vintage houses that date back to the Spanish and American colonial periods dot the streets that criss-cross an area that forms part of the old district centered around the Gapan Church (the Parish Church of the Three Kings, otherwise known as the National Shrine of Virgen La Divina Pastora<b style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;"><span style="color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">)</span></span></b>. These heritage houses that have survived the tests of time – some have been restored, many are in decline, and most are abandoned -- are proud reminders of the historical and cultural significance of Ibon, the former name of the city. Established in 1595, Gapan was one of the first pueblos of Pampanga and its domain stretched as far as Cabanatuan to the north; Candaba, Pampanga to the west; San Miguel, Bulacan to the south; and the Sierra Madre to the east. The town, which later became part of Nueva Ecija, is the oldest town in the province and one of the oldest in the Philippines.<br />
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These houses are vestiges of our colonial past and form part of our heritage. Historians, the city government, and concerned citizens should all take part in preserving them and educating the people about their significance.</div>
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NOTE: The photos featured in this blog are but some of the houses that I was able to take snaps of during my one-hour-or-so exploration of the city's old <i>poblacion</i> area. I am of the hope that I could find more when I get back.<br />
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movie, but I didn’t find much “real” value in one of the year’s most successful
screen offerings that stars two of the top teen stars of local Tinseltown,
Kathleen Bernardo and Daniel Padilla, otherwise known as KathNiel. Perhaps
because I’m biased toward indie cinema’s in-your-face grittiness and social
realism. Or is it because I’m more tolerant of the likes of KimXian & JaDine?</span><br />
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show biz’s most popular love team, touted as the young generation's Guy and Pip
(but then there’s also James Reid and Nadine Lustre, that other popular tandem
who may be considered today's Vilma and Edgar, who are out to challenge the
former couple's supremacy :-) ). The flick was produced by Star Cinema, the
biggest movie outfit in the country. These very factors could have contributed
much to the artificiality of the entire production. What do you expect?
Drizzles of cheesiness all over, of course. ‘Cause that’s what sells. And
that's what the fans want. So never mind the picture-perfect Pinatubo and the
fascinating katutubong Aetas. They just serve as the backdrop and the
decorative extras to add color and flavor and boost the production design. No
real discursive analysis of family conflict and relationships but more forgive-and-forget,
kiss-and-make-up, young-love/sweet-love, love-conquers-all,
all's-well-that-ends-well sentiments that gloss over the serious issues.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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romantic-comedy that tackles familial matters such as separation, estrangement,
neglect, misunderstanding, and the like. Jackie (Bernardo), a rebellious girl,
tries to sabotage her estranged mother’s plan to take her on a “mission” in
Tarlac in attempts to tame and turn her into a better teenager/child. Turn of
events finds her agreeing to cooperate and brings her under the watch of Kiko
(Padilla). The narrative unravels issues between Jackie and her mom and Kiko’s
alienation from his absentee mother, his devotion to his father and his
original family who barely recognize him as family member, and his taking up
the responsibility of taking care of his siblings. The lead characters slowly,
but surely, fall in love and, despite some mishaps and some conflict, learn to
dispose of old emotional baggage and end up in each other’s arms. All in the
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;">The feature is, obviously, a
potboiler aimed at amassing revenues for the movie company and strengthening
the teen couple’s box-office draw. No problem with that. But then it doesn’t
stop with a clichéd storyline. It goes on to feature the Aetas, one of the few
surviving indigenous groups in the country, and Mt. Pinatubo. Good move?
Perhaps. But upon closer analysis, what the production really does is
capitalize on the tourism potential of Mt. Pinatubo and the novelty and
exoticness of the Aetas. What the movie actually is, is a blowup Photoshopped
picture that highlights the feel-good moments and erases real-life issues. It
is a big photo op for Star Cinema and its stars with the charming and friendly
Aetas, and with Mt. Pinatubo in the background<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;">Yes, let’s not forget Bernardo and Padilla’s
ability to elicit “kilig” feelings from the audience from time to time. Props
to the former for taking on an offbeat role; the latter doesn’t bring much
emotion to his role and appears to be mimicking certain of his uncle Robin
Padilla’s “macho” manners and putting in much effort in “cute” and “kilig”
scenes. But the kudos belongs to the two Aeta kids who are so adorable they so
effortlessly steal the scenes with their natural charm. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;">The protagonists’ issues are
legitimate, but the katutubos’ issues are far more urgent and important than any
of the characters’ angst and rants. We should not forget that the Aetas own Mt.
Pinatubo and that they are a national minority group, one of the early Filipino
settlers whose domain used to include much of Central Luzon and beyond, that
needs to be assimilated into mainstream society, albeit in the most delicate
and culturally sensitive fashion possible. And we can’t achieve that by mere dole-outs,
e.g., medical missions. We should empower them while, at the same time,
preserving their culture and recognizing their sovereignty. Lastly, Mt.
Pinatubo is so breathtakingly beautiful it deserves more than just a few
minutes of exposure.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Pinatubo and visit the Aeta communities the soonest time possible.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span>RRI Espinozahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02975237646688823558noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7302463225796252982.post-1695950428087538592014-08-09T20:11:00.000+08:002014-08-12T03:15:13.150+08:00Cinemalaya 2014: The Frontrunners<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
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Aliaga, Nueva Ecija, the story takes on the Taong Putik rituals as backdrop for
this moving drama of a mother who saves her son from imminent death and her
community from the inroads of criminality and commercialism. The film
celebrates the triumph of good over evil, and the concerted efforts of locals to protect themselves and their tradition from sacrilegious and
negative influences. Musical score boosts the pathos evoked, especially in crucial scenes. Aiko Melendez, in a deglammed role, shines, takes on the
look and picks up the inflection of the locals, and imbues her character with
appropriate emotions. <b>7/10</b></span><br />
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man who, upon knowing he’s bankrupt, returns to a place where he once was king
and brings his grandchildren with him to introduce them to the spartan and
tough world of this side of the metro, it depicts the decaying state of the
city’s once-promising district without pretending to be an activist film. The director
and the writer belong to the upper class, but it is interesting to note that
the film’s slum scenes are way more striking than those scenes shot in posh settings.
Employing the talents of family members for key parts (actors, director, writer), the film
succeeds by focusing on conflicts in the family and the community and the
relationships among the characters and not on the filth of the city, and by
treating its theme and subject matter rather lightly with the use of humor and
catchy original music. It comes off as rather
optimistic when it lets the rich granddaughter fall in love with a slum boy and
it has enough singing and choreographed scenes that give it the vibes of a
stage play/musical, but the optimism and the entertainment value could be argued as attempts to use film as a social commentary and an emancipatory medium, as it were, by portraying the commingling of the rich visitors/settlers and the poor denizens. Overall, it’s a worthy comeback for Carlos
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even pretends and aspires to activism, with misplaced and awkward interjection of scenes of street protests, amid squalor and hopelessness. Too many a film has tackled Manila,
poverty and corruption, it takes a brilliant enough director and a sincere
writer to come up with a work that will pay homage to the genius of Lino Brocka
and Ishmael Bernal, two filmmakers who very eloquently expressed their
commentaries on society and Manila via </span><i style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Maynila
Sa Mga Kuko ng Liwanag</i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"> and </span><i style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Manila By
Night (City After Dark)</i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">. Aunor’s performance is the film’s saving
grace. </span><b style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">6/10</b><br />
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follows the events surrounding a bank robbery massacre and the realization of a
suspended cop, tasked to “clean up“ the case:
truth and justice are often hard to come by. Tight script, good
cinematography, satisfactory performances make this film on corruption in the PNP
and the justice system the best of its genre, since <i>On The Job</i>. Interesting to note, though, that its look, feel, and texture is not indie. Will most probably have a successful commercial run. <b>8.5/10</b></span></div>
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– A gay couple – one is stiff, skeptical, bound by tradition; the other is more
“open” and hopes for a lifetime partnership – faces breakdown as they attend a
heterosexual wedding. The film features
a protracted and unnecessarily explicit sex scene and could have made long
sequences shorter and deleted some nonessential shots, but it succeeds in the
long run by tackling issues that other gay-themed indies do not normally talk
about: marriage and lifetime
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ACTRESS: Nora Aunor (<i>Hustisya</i>) gives an apt performance as
Biring, who works for a human trafficking syndicate, and delights the audience with some comedic lines, but her character just lacks
redeeming value. Aiko Melendez’s (<i>Asintado</i>)
portrayal is fresher and more compelling. Her deglamorized look as a country folk adds plus points to her performance.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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ACTOR: Toss between Dennis Trillo (<i>The Janitor</i>), as the ex-cop who agrees to liquidate suspected crime perpetrators in the hopes of being reinstated in the police force, and Oliver Aquino (<i>Kasal</i>), who effectively expresses
the frustrations and pains of a gay man, his hopes of romantic bliss and dreams
of lifetime marital commitment.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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of last year’s winner, <i>Transit</i>, which
is tantamount to saying that it is a well-crafted feature that boasts a
coherent script, lush visuals, and good technical aspects. it explores the
gradual breaking apart of the union of two university professors and a young
student’s foray into the complexities that accompany adult relationships.
Touching on homosexuality at a higher level, implicitly erotic without being
sexual, and referencing activism, the film is a lyrical and intellectual piece
that describes the dynamics of relationships told in the seemingly arcane
language of the academe. <b>9/10</b></span><br />
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<i>1st Ko Si 3rd</i> - A light comedy/drama about Cory, who, upon retirement, suddenly faces the monotony of life at home with her husband. Ill at ease, wanting to keep herself busy, and thrown into introspection about a past love well remembered, she finally gets to meet him once again, which brings her to some bitter-sweet realizations. Not without flaws, the film, nonetheless, is a heart-warming description of issues that concern elderly people in their twilight years. Nova Villa gives a touching and engaging performance. <b>8/10</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>K’na The Dreamweaver</i> – A tale about K’na, her tribe’s
princess and dreamweaver (instrument of peace among the tribes), who must
choose between love and taking on the role of the agent of peace
between her village and a rival tribe by marrying the latter’s prince. A rare glimpse
into the T’boli people and the flourishing culture built within and around the
vast expanse of Mindanao’s Lake Sebu, it is worth watching owing to its
cultural value and its attempt at depicting an ethnic community in the heart of
southern Philippines. </span><b style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">8/10</b></div>
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stories of six men with failed marriages and one man’s attempt at a second try.
Commendable attempt at exploring the various reasons, from the perspective of
the male partner, that make a marriage fail, although the film fails to
successfully and seamlessly relate six stories and weld them as a whole,
unified story, not discrete events. <b>6.5</b></span><br />
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FILM: I will say that <i>Dagitab</i> is a strong contender.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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known as the “Rice Granary of the Philippines,” or at least during the time
when it was the largest rice-producing province in the country. But other than offering
panoramic views of ricefields, the province is often overlooked or ignored by tourists,
commuters and motorists plying its roadways. If anything, it only serves as the
gateway to Cagayan Valley and to the more tourist-friendly Baler, whose big waves have made the province of Aurora a tourist magnet.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">What does Nueva Ecija have to offer besides rice
paddies? Many years ago, the default answer is Pantabangan Dam, which is
but a man-made structure carved out of a natural terrain. In recent years, the
Taong Putik Festival in Aliaga has caught the fancy of novelty-seeking
tourists, and a few falls have been eyed as potential tourist
attractions. Are these enough to put the province on the tourism map? No. </span><br />
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little about Minalungao many years ago, mentioned as a tourist destination in a
textbook or perhaps an information leaflet, but I did not endeavor to learn
more about it. Truth is, there was very little written about it. It was often overlooked as a provincial tourist attraction, even among Novo Ecijanos
themselves. It has always been overshadowed by the overrated Pantabangan Dam,
which has frequently been promoted as the province’s major place of interest. Even
the Wikipedia article on General Tinio (the municipality that has jurisdiction over the national park) doesn’t contain a photo of Minalungao,
and a Facebook page dedicated to the park only has 3,227 likes (as of this posting).</span></div>
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last year that some relatives had visited the site. This was a place I knew of
but knew little about. I didn’t even have a mental image of what it was like,
so I did some research. And when I saw photos on
the Web, I became interested and decided I, being a Novo Ecijano, had to see
the site as soon as possible. And I did on March 2.</span><br />
<br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;">Minalungao National Park</span></b><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;"> </span></span><br />
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<br />
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;">Established in 1967 by
virtue of Republic Act No. 5100, the park is “a protected area of the
Philippines located in the municipality of General Tinio, Nueva Ecija in
Central Luzon. The park covers an area of 2,018 hectares centered along the
scenic Penaranda River bordered on both sides by up to 16-meter high limestone
walls in the foothills of the Sierra Madre mountain range.” (Wikipedia) </span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;">The statute mentions that
the park is “situated in the municipalities of Gapan and General Tinio,” but
the portion of the park that is of focal interest for tourists is under the
jurisdiction of the municipality of General Tinio. </span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">The tourist hub of this protected area, governed by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, is situated in Sitio
Minalungao, Papaya, old
name of General Tinio.</span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0a_7SqQOQp1GBfFkYaeLaU6B74rrWFDyTfoFBDiaL5a7Qpo9dz_s7v8Q4lBLmG-DDk29OymCiX0yJ_aE0jvWUVC5PHRlllL7iX3_jWqYU5m_GIwDglbHSLUOD5tGQafZ9-1xobFuRGOJj/s1600/MInalungao_circa+1930.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0a_7SqQOQp1GBfFkYaeLaU6B74rrWFDyTfoFBDiaL5a7Qpo9dz_s7v8Q4lBLmG-DDk29OymCiX0yJ_aE0jvWUVC5PHRlllL7iX3_jWqYU5m_GIwDglbHSLUOD5tGQafZ9-1xobFuRGOJj/s1600/MInalungao_circa+1930.jpg" height="376" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="hascaption"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Minalungao
National Park, circa1930, retrieved from the Magazine called PAPAYA -
Papaya Picnic Michigan issued
August 6, 1994, organized by Hubert Abes Bautista and Narciso Rivera.
Photo
courtesy of Justino Ramos Ilaya (cited in the Facebook page "Minalungao
National Park,"
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Minalungao-National-Park/197717200264892)</span></span></span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The "catch basin"</span></td></tr>
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<![endif]--><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">From Bucana, Gapan, rent a tricycle going to
Minalungao, round-trip, which costs 500 Php, on average. Alternatively, one can
ride a tricycle from Gapan to Papaya (General Tinio) and then ride another one
from there going to Minalungao. This costs more, though. The trip </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;">from Gapan
going to the park</span></span> takes 1.5
hours, depending on the sturdiness and road-appropriateness of the vehicle
used. The tail end of the route is dirt and bumpy road. Luxury cars and sedans might not withstand the rugged and rocky portions of the road.</span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6JFdqd_xpDY5bsDT7sBWLhhkFZCZt09JaqCg2XFrt1dGedBZ87cgaxFSNO8OvC_D_b_48qQK-apBUXeJy5SqGmC51pGj8ZXYjPAl4_SoVQAGtoycadEBVi1ZjFvG331Wfjl8j3RclJKPh/s1600/collage_concrete+road-w-r.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6JFdqd_xpDY5bsDT7sBWLhhkFZCZt09JaqCg2XFrt1dGedBZ87cgaxFSNO8OvC_D_b_48qQK-apBUXeJy5SqGmC51pGj8ZXYjPAl4_SoVQAGtoycadEBVi1ZjFvG331Wfjl8j3RclJKPh/s1600/collage_concrete+road-w-r.png" /></a></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;">The travel offers tourists
panoramic views of rice fields, gently rolling slopes and sometimes craggy
terrain of the countryside. The route ends at the welcome marker, bearing the
name of the park, erected on a mound. From the marker, a further drive or short
walk downhill will lead tourists to the foot of the slope, a junction, a sort of open dirt “lobby” or
“reception area” where some vehicles can park, tourists can ask for information
and </span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">hire local residents as guides. On weekends, youngsters
and teenagers do guiding chores to earn some bucks. There is no fixed rates for
guides, but a
reasonable rate is 100 Php to 150 Php per guide. It is customary that two
guides accompany a group of vacationers. T</span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">hey stay with the group in activities that required their knowhow, such as trekking, spelunking, uphill climbing, rafting, and cliff diving. </span><br />
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pedestrian traffic. Facing the “catch basin” portion of the river, where some
cottages made up of bamboo and nipa line its banks, one can see parts of the ravine, the central spot of the protected site, to
the right, and the meandering portion of the river to the left. </span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;">From the junction, one can
take the bridge, where the trek along the cliff starts, or descend
toward the flat bank of the “catch basin,” where the cottages are located. </span></span><br />
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Along its banks are cottages where tourists can eat, rest, hang out, and even
cook food. Rental rates for the cottages depend on the season, the cottage owner,
one’s bargaining skills, and perhaps the number of occupants. During off-peak
seasons, prices may start at 200 to 250 for a cottage unit. During peak
seasons, usually summer and Holy Week, prices may rise to 500 per unit. A higher rate (800 on average) applies for floating cottages, which can navigate the main river and anchor at certain spots.</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Floating cottages</span></td></tr>
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swim on the edges of the river, but may need to refrain from wandering towards
the inner waters, as it gets deeper towards the center. Locals are quick to remind
tourists that the deep part of the basin is infamous for pulling those who
drift towards it and that it has taken many lives. Children can build sand
castles on the banks. Others can roam around and go towards the shallow part of
the river where it starts to meander downstream. They can wade across the
mildly gushing waters over stones and pebbles towards the other side of the
river, where there are other cottages.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">What I call the “ravine” is the valley formed by the
flow of the Penaranda River. The calm waters of the narrow river straddle two
towering limestone cliffs. The water in this area of the river, fed by
headwaters coming from the Sierra Madre, is green and pristine and the unique
rock formations at the bottom part of the karst cliffs appear whitewashed or
like asbestos in color when struck by noontime sunlight. This ravine-river system is the centerpiece of the
entire Minalungao experience. It constitutes the allure and grandeur of the
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">The other activity besides swimming
that is a must-do for tourists, especially to the adventure seekers, is
trekking. The entire trek is actually short but can be difficult as most of it
entails some climbing and holding onto rocks and boulders. Think of rock
climbing, but without the pegs and a rope to support you and minus the
vertical, mostly 90-degree, climbs. The trail begins at the bridge, leading
towards some boulders and a sort of “viewing deck,” which is just a cemented
square pad where one can have a vantage point of the catch basin and the
downstream river, the hill that bears the cross and the “grotto” and where a
resort/hotel is being constructed, and major portions of the ravine and the
green waters. Elderly people, young children, and those who don’t have enough
stamina are encouraged not to go beyond this point.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">What
follows is an undulating trail along the foot and lower part of the cliff wall
that goes up and goes down at various points and at varying degrees of slope.
Along the trek, one can have a more proximate perspective of the main river,
the cliff and the rock formations. If one wants to see the beauty of the karst
landform and the river at its best, trekking is the best way to do it. </span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Bamboo bridge connecting two points of the trail</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The river's upstream end, where shallow waters await visitors</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Left: wooded part of the trail; right: a view from the woods</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View from the wooded part of the trail</td></tr>
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the rock formations end, the trail picks up and continues along some wooded
area, leading towards the mouth of a cave.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;">The next
activity is cave exploration. </span><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">The tunnel that traverses the cave is
short. There’s nothing special about the cave, and there’s even a part where
one can smell urine. The okay part is where the temperature slightly goes down
and the air suddenly turns cold. The cave’s terminal mouth picks up the trail,
which goes back to the foot of the cliff, where one has to cross the same trail
on the way back to the starting point.</span></span></span></div>
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to navigate and experience the river up-close. Rental rafts, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">balsa</i> in the vernacular, are available
for this activity. Rates can go as low as 80 Php for seat-less units and 100
Php for those with seats. Prices increase during peak season. One’s guide will or
can serve as boatman. The route starts from the catch basin and traverses
a certain portion of the basin, then enters the main river towards the upstream
end, where one can enjoy swimming and wading in the shallow waters coming from
the foothills of Sierra Madre. Going back, the raft takes the same route, this time
downstream, towards the starting point. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">To complete one’s stay at the park,
one can try climbing the 1,000 paved steps on the slopes of a hill towards the
summit. This proves to be an endurance challenge and a cardiovascular exercise.
One has to bring some water as no supply is available along the zigzag trail.
Within the first quarter of the trail, a nipa hut awaits weary climbers.
At the peak, a cross stands at the center of a polygonal rotunda-like structure
bordered by columns. The spot offers one a bird’s eye view of the entire forest
park and the Sierra Madre mountain range. A pseudo viewing deck is situated some
few feet below this point. According to a local youngster serving as a tourist guide,
a grotto is in the works in this area. </span></span></span><br />
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to the foot of the hill where the 1,000 steps begin.</span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Right: View from the hill</span></td></tr>
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adventures and can swim, cliff diving is a must-try. Locals can guide divers to
areas where it’s safe to dive. Others can explore the upstream end of the river,
wade in its shallow waters, and look for cascades in the foothills of the
Sierra Madre. Also, there are other caves that can be explored. These are not
part of the trail, though, and may be accessed with assistance from the locals.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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climbing on the cliffs’ wall/face would have been a fun activity, but it is
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commercial establishments that offer lodging and cooked food. Those who plan to
stay overnight should bring tents. There are a few makeshift stores along the
riverbanks that sell basic commodities, including ice, softdrinks, liquor and
beer. Sadly, though, the only food available that can substitute for a meal are
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sewerage facilities. There is a toilet for calls of nature, but there are no
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<![endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;">Sustainable Development</span></b></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;">DENR, in partnership with a
private corporation, has already delineated a development program for the
national park, as it were to tap its ecotourism development potential. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Construction is currently underway and, with its rollout in the next couple of years, the program is expected to draw more
tourists to the site and bring more jobs to the residents.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;">
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Hopefully,
the development scheme will not destroy the landspace and will not endanger the
integrity of the protected area. Also, the locals should, above all else,
benefit from the expected increase in tourist visits.</span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM60p3ypVKk8bVFdna4yHRsrHHRLN9cZ3nsee-6o2JwNUOPXduvqIOb1jO4EIWgv9u1bz1ME2CrjZVK7-vbZBJPbQUfrrnhvUJa21lLiqqHt-EF9bZni9OGQaUtpX9fsRLCBXk7kZU96kv/s1600/MInalungao+dev%27t.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM60p3ypVKk8bVFdna4yHRsrHHRLN9cZ3nsee-6o2JwNUOPXduvqIOb1jO4EIWgv9u1bz1ME2CrjZVK7-vbZBJPbQUfrrnhvUJa21lLiqqHt-EF9bZni9OGQaUtpX9fsRLCBXk7kZU96kv/s1600/MInalungao+dev't.jpg" height="388" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span class="hascaption"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Source: Facebook page "Minalungao
National Park,"
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Minalungao-National-Park/197717200264892</span></span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;">Summary of Expenses*</span></b></span></span></span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">
</span></span></span></span></span>
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<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;">(May vary depending on the time/season of travel)</span></i></span></span></span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">
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<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">
</span></span></span></span></span>
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<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;">Here is a sample scenario:</span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">
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<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">
</span></span></span></span></span>
<br />
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;">Time/season of travel: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>March 2014</span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">
</span></span></span></span></span>
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<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;">Number of persons: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>3</span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">
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<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">
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<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;">Bus fare (Cubao-to-Gapan) –
480 (160 per head)</span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">
</span></span></span></span></span>
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<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;">Tricycle (Gapan-Minalungao,
round-trip) – 500</span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">
</span></span></span></span></span>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;">Toll/Entrance fee – 75 (25 per
head)</span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;">The Minalungao National Park
is a natural wonder. I was surprised, and at the same time
amazed, that a place this beautiful actually exists within the boundaries of Nueva
Ecija. I thought the photos I had seen on the Net were exaggerated. But they
were not. Minalungao is as beautiful, </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;">if not even better, </span></span></span>in real life. Its ”wow” factor resides in the pristine green river and
the unique rock formations that form part of the limestone cliffs. And part of its charm are its virginal and unexploited qualities. The only other
river system that I can think of that can beat the breathtaking beauty of this
place is Palawan’s Underground River. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;">Minalungao offers a budget travel experience (see summary of expenses above) not too far from Metro Manila. It is one of the few remaining natural environments in Central Luzon and boasts one of the best river valleys in the country. </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;">For
those who have experienced the wonders of the country's endless
saltwater beaches, Minalungao's freshwater grandeur and karst landform
offer a refreshing change of scenery. The splendor of the park's clean and green freshwater (in combo with the unique rock formation that flank it) can
rival the popular saltwaters of Puerto Galera
and Alona Beach and even outshine Loboc River, the last two both located
in Bohol.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;">Many Novo Ecijanos do not know this site exists, so it's unsurprising that only a few Filipinos know about it. For some who have heard or known of it, they don't even know how beautiful it is. When asked by friends about tourist spots in Nueve Ecija, </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;">I often feel embarrassed to say there is nothing really special about it. Well, now I can be proud of my home province and will not hesitate in promoting it to my friends and others who want to discover new places.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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proper maintenance, a sustainable development plan in place, and better promotion from the Department of Tourism and the local government of Nueva Ecija, Minalungao can evolve
to become a major tourist draw for </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">the
province and </span></span></span>the municipality of General Tinio. Hopefully, this gradual commercialization
will not pose hazards to the “raw” and "pure" qualities that add to the
allure of this <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>natural wonder.</span></span></span><br />
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RRI Espinozahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02975237646688823558noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7302463225796252982.post-57065628237625838182014-03-06T17:15:00.001+08:002014-03-30T23:31:59.302+08:002013: Banner Year for Philippine Cinema (Prospects for the Future)<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">The
naysayers are mistaken. Philippine Cinema is not dead. And 2013 was shining
proof that it is alive and flourishing. Even pop culture commentator Jessica
Zafra was quick to say in September that 2013 heralded another golden age of
Filipino movies and could well be the best year the industry has ever had.
We’re not talking about box-office revenue, though. We’re talking about the
breadth of the year’s harvest of quality films, most of which were
independently produced.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">Three
Filipino features made it to Cannes, arguably the world’s most prestigious
festival: Lav Diaz’s <i>Norte, The End
of History</i> and Adolfo Alix’s <i>Death
March</i> in the Un Certain Regard section; Erik Matti’s <i>On the Job</i> in the Directors’ Fortnight section. Four films made the
cut at the Toronto International Film Festival, currently the world’s most
“important” film market: Diaz’s <i>Norte,</i>
Jeffrey Jeturian’s <i>The Bit Player</i>,
Brillante Mendoza’s <i>Sapi</i>, and Raya
Martin’s<i> La Ultima Pelicula</i> (in collaboration with Mark Peranson). Not to
mention many others which were exhibited in major and minor international film
festivals and continue to make the rounds in the film fest circuit.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">Norte</span></i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"> earned rave reviews at Cannes
and everywhere it screened and cemented Diaz’s standing as an arthouse
heavyweight. It won the top prize at the Nuremberg International Human Rights
Film Festival and was hailed as one of the best films of the year by many
foreign critics. <i>On the Job </i>snagged
international distribution and Hollywood remake deals and won Jury’s Choice
Prize and the Best Actor award for Joel Torre at the Puchon International
Fantastic Film Fest.</span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">Other
productions, most of which are Cinemalaya products, also received attention in
the international scene. <i>Nuwebe</i>
bagged the Youth Jury’s Mention of Honor at the III Festival Internacional Lume
de Cinema in Brazil, the Special Mention Citation at the Puebla Internacional
de Cine in Mexico, and Best Actress for child actress Barbara Miguel at the
Harlem International Film Festival in New York. <i>Quick Change</i> clinched the Critic Jury’s Prize at the Vesoul
International Film Festival of Asian Cinema held in France and was exhibited in
the Panorama section of this year’s Berlin International Film Festival. <i>Rekorder</i> won the Special Jury Prize and
Best Music at the 31st Annonay International Film Festival in France. <i>Ekstra</i> won for Vilma Santos the Best
Actress plum at the Dhaka International Film Festival. Meanwhile, <i>Barber’s Tale</i> earned for Eugene Domingo
the Best Actress trophy at the Tokyo International Film
Festival. Recognition in the global arena for Filipino films produced in 2013
will continue as there are many more festivals they can screen and compete at.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">Sadly,
though, many of last year’s indie films didn’t gross much at the box-office and
some have not even had commercial screenings. Be that as it may, with the
attention that many indie films receive abroad, it can be argued that it is the
new wave or the independent movement in Philippine Cinema that seems to be
earning prestige for the industry. Star Cinema and the other lesser movie
outfits may be having a lion’s share of box-office returns, but the indies are
revolutionizing the art of filmmaking in the country and taking it to new
heights.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">Film-Grant Festivals</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">It can be
observed that except for a few committed artists who self-finance or seek out
funding for their projects, many of the brilliant filmmakers who came up with
some of the better films last year were able to do so because of subsidy from
grant-giving entities. Foremost of these entities is Cinemalaya, the country’s
pioneer film-grant festival, which continues to be a source of hope for many
and has now become the country’s premier film event. Another festival that has
been providing grants for filmmakers is the CinemaOne Originals Film Festival,
which turned in a good roster last year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">What made
2013 truly a watershed in the annals of local cinema is the emergence of three
new film-grant festivals: CineFilipino, Sineng Pambansa, and the QCinema: Quezon
City Film Festival. These new festivals infused new capital to the otherwise
cash-trapped film practitioners, whose vision and commitment would otherwise
have remained futile without budget. In addition, film maverick Tikoy Aguiluz’s
brainchild, the annual Cinemanila International Film Festival -- although it
hasn’t received much media attention and hasn’t gained enough prestige to
make it a major film event, either locally or internationally, throughout its
existence – extends support to the industry by finding audience, albeit small,
for some Filipino features who make it to its official selection. Metro Manila
Film Festival, on the other hand, provided venue for five indie films during
its run. 2013 is perhaps the winningest year for local films in terms of number
of festivals held during a single year. Interestingly, all of them transpired during the second half
of the year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">All the
entities mentioned above, no matter how limited the support and audience they
provide for indie films, contribute to the sustenance and further development
of independent cinema. Even Regal Films and industry giant Star Cinema lend
some support every now and then by bankrolling, albeit with paltry budget, a
few indie-like productions and by acting as distribution arm for a handful of
indies. Star Cinema did its major share last year when it invested in <i>On the Job</i>, which is not really an indie
but it otherwise achieved some plus points for local cinema.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">Business and governmental
entities’ support</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">Another
milestone in 2013 is the big businesses helping out the industry. Leading chain
of malls SM, Ayala Malls, and Robinsons all made available a certain fraction
of their cinemas for exhibition of many indies. SM Cinemas particularly
dedicated most of its theater seats for the entire run of the fledgling Sineng
Pambansa All-Masters Edition fest, albeit the lukewarm reception from the
movie-going public. Businessman Tony Boy Conguangco has long been a major
Cinemalaya investor, although it has been reported that he will be extending
limited support in the years to come. Similarly, business magnate Manny
Pangilinan’s corporate entities are behind CineFilipino’s staging.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">The
government also lent support to the industry through the Film Development
Council of the Philippines, the organizing body of Sineng Pambansa, and through
the Cultural Center of the Philippines, a major Cinemalaya governing body. The
local government of Quezon City kicked off the QCinema: Quezon City Film
Festival and gave grants to three film projects.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">2013 saw
the resurgence of veteran artists and the rise of new ones. Master auteur Lav
Diaz and well-established directors Chito Rono, Erik Matti, Jeffrey Jeturian
and some others made relevant films, while young or new filmmakers like Espia
and Sigrid Andrea Bernardo made their presence felt. In the acting department,
veteran actor Joel Torre made a big impact with his tour-de-force <i>On the Job</i> performance. Screen legends
Vilma Santos and Nora Aunor, who both turned in notable portrayals in their
respective indie vehicles, gave a much-needed excitement to the
otherwise tepid indie world. Breakthrough performances from newly discovered
actors lent a certain vibrancy to the scene. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">Prospects for the future</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">Hopefully,
the gains reaped in 2013 will continue this year and beyond. Master filmmaker
Lav Diaz, together with young auteur Raya Martin and prolific filmmaker
Brillante Mendoza will be instrumental here. Accomplished directors who are
more identified with mainstream cinema should help out. New players with vision
and commitment are needed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">Nora
Aunor has at least two indies in the can and is reportedly has one more to work
on this year. While many opine that this is a bad career move on her part, I
think that the indie route will work best for her stature and age. Vilma
Santos, busy with her political duties, is rumored to be in talks for a
possible comedy flick with Star Cinema. I dare say that a follow-up indie
project will serve her filmography better. At this stage in her acting career,
an art film that will challenge her artistry anew is preferable to another
box-office hit. Meanwhile, other veteran actors will surely still dominate the
scene, be it in lead or supporting roles, as they have always done, with help
from up-and-coming stars.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">Indie cinema
has now taken on the reputation of being the venue of quality and artistic
filmmaking. But artistry is not enough for it to thrive, let alone to survive.
At the end of the day, it is not enough that it has an audience. In the long
run, it has to have a wider audience. Not just these festivals. But a broader,
more diverse audience. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">Indie
cinema needs subsidy from the big movie studios, the private sector, and most
of all, the government. It also needs more seats from theater owners. Film
festivals are good for the industry, but they should be spread out throughout
the year, not constricted during the second half of the year. And they should be promoted more vigorously in order to gain a wider following.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: small; line-height: 115%;">A
true achievement for Philippine cinema is when there are more funds available
for more quality film projects, when there are more theaters to exhibit these
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<![endif]--><i>By Randy Renier I. Espinoza</i><br />
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2013 was an auspicious year for Philippine Cinema. Aside
from the success of Filipino films in festivals overseas, two new local film
festivals (CineFilipino and Sineng Pambansa) managed <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to supplement the steady supply of quality features
churned out yearly by Cinemalaya, now considered the country’s premier festival.
The year’s harvest includes a number of noteworthy productions and performances
that deserve accolades in the coming awards season.<br />
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The scene was dominated by veterans, but not without
strong challenge from newbies and apprentices. Seasoned directors Chito Rono, Erik
Matti and Jeffrey Jeturian came up with worthy narratives; new players like
Hanna Espia and Sigfrid Andrea Bernardo were able to produce equally notable
films. Interestingly, movie queens Vilma Santos and Nora Aunor, considered
rivals who have not been pitted against each other since their Mano Po
3-Naglalayag derby nearly a decade ago, both delivered outstanding
performances. Their renewed rivalry will surely add color and excitement to the acting
competition. Although other veterans, like Joel Torre, shone last year,
breakthrough performances by newcomers, especially by young actors Teri Malvar
and Justine Alvarez, will not go unnoticed.</div>
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Below are my citations for outstanding achievements in
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A tight script, a strong cast, exquisite cinematography and
music, innovative editing, a relevant story, excellent direction make Transit an
achievement both in form and substance. The film resonates the hardships of
migrant workers, and Espia’s filmmaking lends a certain freshness and avant-garde-ness
to filmmaking approaches <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>in the country,
and should serve as an inspiration to budding filmmakers and a challenge to
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<b><i>On The Job</i></b><br />
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An epic film with a grand narrative. Probably the
best-made action/suspense/crime movie by a Filipino director, with a Hollywood-ish
quality to it. Although couched in mainstream mold and marketed as a potboiler,
the inherent social issues that drive the story are not lost
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A bold move by a mainstream director to tackle politics
and corruption in a manner that is distinct and apart from the rest of his
filmography. Chito Rono deserves kudos for his experimental filmmaking here.</div>
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<b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Ang Huling Cha-Cha
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A film with a serious theme and a touch of humor. A
coming-of-age film about a young lesbian, the narrative is set in a community
with interesting characters and intriguing stories. A maiden feature by
talented filmmaker Sigfrid Andrea Bernardo.</div>
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A witty satire on the excesses of TV production in the
country, the film is abundant in humor with ample dramatic moments. The film’s
achievement lies in its attempt to expose the system’s exploitative nature and
unfair practices, serving as a microcosm of the larger society.</div>
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An “indie” take on the story of letting go and loving
anew, the film is a quiet, if not melancholy, narrative boosted by an
unconventional storytelling and the quality of its technical aspects.</div>
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<b>Erik Matti</b> (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">On The
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It takes a very diligent and skilled director to come up
with a grand production that can only be described as a masterpiece, in its
genre at the very least. To have produced and directed an epic film that is outstanding
in form and content is a big accomplishment, period. And the Cannes Film
Festival agreed by including it in its selection for its Directors’ Fortnight
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<b>Hannah Espia</b> (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Transit</i>)</div>
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An important new filmmaker who is bound to make a big
dent on Filipino filmmaking and who has a lot to offer and teach other
filmmakers, old or young alike.</div>
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<b>Chito Rono</b> (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Badil</i>)</div>
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A very capable director who has gambled via <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Badil</i> in pursuit of his artistry. His
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<b>Jeffrey Jeturian</b> (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Ekstra</i>)</div>
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Peerless in satirical comedies, his use of the film
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<b>Sigrid Andrea Bernardo</b> (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Ang Huling Cha-Cha Ni Anita</i>)</div>
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Another important newcomer who is a welcome addition to a
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armed with brilliance and bravura who will give hope to the industry.</div>
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<b>Jerrold Tarog</b> (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Sana
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<b>Vilma Santos</b> (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Ekstra</i>)<span id="goog_676055606"></span><span id="goog_676055607"></span></div>
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Her risk taking and continued commitment to bettering her
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credibility and real-ness. She is adept in light comedy and especially effective
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She stars in a role tailor-made for her:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>an opera star who lost her voice. No one else
could have played a depressed diva who learns to rediscover life. Gil’s
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Although she has the tendency to be noisy in a few
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Her character as a grumpy old nanny/household help may be
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He is good as Nonoy, torn between his conscience and his loyalty
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Male actors playing gay roles is not something new. It has actually become a trend in Pinoy cinema since gay-themed movies became increasingly popular. Straight actors known for their machismo giving convincing gay performances is not a rarity even. But when a convincing performance is so nuanced that it elicits certain emotions from the audience, it is something else. And that's what Mark Gil has accomplished. He doesn't just look the part, he even brings transcendent qualities to his character. He so effectively expresses the melancholy of an aging gay painter, cash-strapped and living on his own, whose object of affection passes away. The bathtub scene towards the end is particularly unforgettable.<br />
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She epitomizes the saying “There’s no small parts, only
small actors.” Her small part in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Tinik </i>is
too transitory that one, especially those who do not really know her, would not
even notice that she is there. But her inconspicuous acting is a stark contrast
to the non-acting or lack of acting all throughout the movie. Her presence, albeit
without dialogue and in just one scene, stands out amid the mediocrities of the
production. </div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE (Actress)</b></div>
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<b>Teri Malvar</b> (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Ang
Huling Cha-Cha Ni Anita</i>)</div>
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For her natural, effortless acting; for her bold decision
to take on a serious role at such an early age; and for effectively evoking the
internal struggles of a child undergoing an identity crisis.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE</b> (Actor)</b></div>
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<b>Justine Alvarez</b> (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Transit</i>)</div>
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For his natural, effortless acting; for his efforts in
learning a foreign language and for his facile delivery of lines entirely in a foreign tongue; and for his touching portrayal of a child of a migrant worker
who has to constantly conceal himself to avoid law enforcement officers and who
eventually gets ordered for deportation.</div>
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<b>BEST ENSEMBLE ACTING</b></div>
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<b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Transit</i> </b>cast</div>
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<b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Badil</i></b> cast</div>
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<b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">On The Job</i></b> cast</div>
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<b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Ang Huling Cha-Cha
Ni Anita</i></b> cast</div>
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<b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Ekstra</i> </b>cast</div>
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(NOTE:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Only films produced
and/or directed by a Filipino production company/director that were screened in commercial theaters in the metropolis, actors/actresses who
starred/acted in a film produced and/or directed by a Filipino production company/director
were considered in coming up with this “best” lis</span>ts.<span style="font-family: inherit;"> The<span style="font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> choices
were drawn from the limited number of films -- mostly indies generated by the
Cinemalaya, Sineng Pambansa, and CineFilipino film festivals -- I had the
opportunity to watch last year. Due to factors such as time constraints and lack
of publicity for many indie productions, there were
acclaimed films and performances that I missed [“Norte, Hangganan ng
Kasaysayan”; “How to Disappear Completely”; “Riddles of My Homecoming”; <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Iskalawags”; “Pagbabalat ng Ahas”; “Dukit”; “Kabisera“;
“Nuwebe” “Purok 7”;<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Bendor”; just to
name a few]. They were, of course, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>not
considered for inclusion in my lists.</span>)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt;">The big sleeper
at the recently concluded CineFilipino Film Festival 2013, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Ang Huling Cha-Cha ni Anita</i> tied with <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Ang Kwento Ni Mabuti</i> for the festival’s coveted Best Picture prize.
Its lead performer, newcomer child actress Teri Malvar, caused an upsent when
she was proclaimed Best Actress, besting multi-awarded actress Nora Aunor, who
was predicted to win the plum. A worthy answer to Auraeus Solito’s now-classic <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros</i>, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Huling Cha-Cha </i><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">is</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> a </i>coming-of-age film by
newbie filmmaker Sigfrid Andrea Bernardo about a young girl, Anita, who
realizes her sexual identity when she starts falling in love with the new woman
in the village. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt;">Set in Obando,
the film offers a subtext, conflicts larger than Anita’s own internal
struggles, an underlying story from which Anita’s own saga is born and
developed. Obando is known for its yearly fiesta that culminates in a mass fertility
dance where townsfolk and devotees of Santa Clara partake of the festivities. Santa
Clara, the town’s patron saint, is believed to be miraculous and grants the
wishes of childless couples who, wanting to have children, join the dancing.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt;">The narrative
offers two parallel but somehow distinct worlds: the carefree world of children
and that inhabited by adults who manage their domestic affairs and take part in
community activities.</span><br />
<a name='more'></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt;"> In the weeks leading to the town festival, neighbors in a
village are psyched up on the forthcoming festivities, while Anita and her two
friends try to make the most of their summer break. Anita, according to her
widowed mother, is a product of her parents’ devotion to Santa Clara. Her
friends are children of her mother’s best friends. As Anita’s consciousness
evolves, the film unravels, by way of gossipmongers, the stories of people
that populate the village. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt;">The village
gets abuzz when a bewitching woman named Pilar (Angel Aquino), a former
resident, returns after years of working in Dubai and sets up a small physical
therapy business in her hut. Her neighbors haven’t forgiven her for not coming
home when her father was ill and passed away, and rumors have it that she had
her baby with Oscar, Anita’s cousin, aborted before she left the village. Anita
gets drawn to Pilar’s allure and, boosted by the latter’s friendly and
welcoming demeanor, develops deep feelings for her. Her mother becomes aware of
her daughter’s evolving sexual preference and gradually concedes and then later
on gives her nod of acceptance when Anita confesses her feelings for her
inamorata. Meanwhile, the old flame between Oscar, whose girlfriend is
pregnant, and Pilar gets rekindled, while the latter’s massage enterprise gets
flak from wives of men who line up for Pilar’s services. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt;">The plot escalates
when a pregnant girl and her mother press Pilar, by reminding her of her past wrongdoing
and the favor they gave her when they nurtured her sick father while she was
away, to perform an abortion despite her express disapproval. It reaches its climax
when one night Anita, meaning to express her love for Pilar, gets her first
dose of frustration upon seeing her cousin leaving Pilar’s house and Pilar
running after him, embracing him and pleading to reconsider their relationship.
The event proves a shock to Oscar, who has known of his cousin’s feelings, but
more so to Anita, who is clueless about the two’s liaison. Pilar is later on shown
crying, consuming large doses of pills.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt;">Come Obando’s fiesta,
Anita gets to dress up the way she likes it. She sees Pilar, seemingly frail
and infirm. She follows her to her house, where the latter collapses. She takes
care of her until she’s better. As a token of appreciation, Pilar then gives
Anita the full-body massage she’s been saving up for, and the former tells the
girl why she left the place and did not come back when her father died. Anita
never saw Pilar again after that. The film closes with the adult Anita joining the
town fiesta, with flashbacks of past festivities and with imaginings of Pilar.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt;">Obando’s famous
fertility dance serves a central symbolic significance for the story. While the
dance offers hope for devotees and people like Anita’s mother who yearn for
offspring, gestation gets aborted for others who are not asking for it. A
striking contrast is drawn between a neighbor giving birth, on the one hand,
and a teenage girl terminating her pregnancy, on the other. A greater irony is
presented by Anita, the story’s central character, whose sexual orientation
renders the fertility rites obsolete, such that even if she participates in the
dancing and the merriment, the act is but merely token, an act that takes on a
sentimental value that reconnects her to her community and transports her to a
past well remembered.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt;">The film is a
tribute to tradition and heritage, but it also shows realities of life that may
not be in consonance with established norms but will persist and, in one way or
another, change a community or a society at large. </span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt;">Huling Cha-Cha </span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt;">is a portrait of outcasts in society: a blossoming
lesbian in Anita and the reviled Pilar. Anita represents the more tolerated of
the spectrum as she is still a kid showing signs of deviant behavior and
mannerisms. Despite early signs of lesbian tendencies, her mother tries to
suppress her daughter’s developing homosexuality by having her join the Santacruzan
and wear a gown, to which Anita shows her disapproval by cutting her her short.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt;">Pilar, on the
other hand, represents the detested outcast, the pariah. She is the equivalent
of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Tinimbang Ka Ngunit Kulang’s </i>Kwala,
but perhaps even worse. She is not only ostracized, she is also vilified. Her
return is taken by the villagers as bad luck. To the people, she is the
prodigal daughter, an abortionist, a whore who is out to tempt all men, married
or single. She is told by Anita’s mother that she should not have returned.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt;">But unlike
Anita who gets her mother’s acceptance, Pilar is forced by circumstances into
damnation. In a way, the story mirrors society’s relatively tolerant attitude toward
lesbianism. People being more tolerant of lesbians than, let’s say, gay men is perhaps
explained by the still-patriarchal society that ascribes more
validity to masculinity than to femininity or effeminacy. Thus metro denizens
may have accustomed themselves to seeing lesbian partners kissing and holding
their hands in public, but a sight of two men holding hands will probably
elicit negative reactions from them.</span></div>
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with <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Mabuti</i></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt;">Interestingly, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Huling</i> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cha-Cha</i> draws some parallels with <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Mabuti</i>, its fellow Best Picture awardee. First, their title is both
eponymous, named after their main protagonists. Second, they both have rural
locales as their setting: the former has Obando, the latter has Nueva Vizcaya. Third,
they both employ the name “Santa Clara” to refer to the saint, in the former,
and to a village, in the latter. Fourth, they both have something to tell or
show about the community within which their stories are set. Fifth, their
protagonists, Anita and Mabuti, are both in the throes of personal crisis: the
former an identity crisis, the latter a moral one.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt;">Both films deserve
kudos for featuring two distinct local cultures that need preservation: the
tradition-rich Obando, which is bound to lose its significance amid influx of
modern values, and Nueva Vizcaya, whose forest cover has seen gradual
denudation over the years. Beyond these similarities, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Huling Cha-Cha </i>distinguishes itself as the film that has far more
interesting characters and stories.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt;">Many things are
going on that, all together, contribute to the story’s integrity. Even the
banters among the kids do not seem to deviate from the narrative’s course but
rather provide light-hearted chuckles from the viewers. Their innocent world of
cavorting and innocuous conversations is juxtaposed with the issues and the gossipings
of the adults. Anita is the focal point from which all stories and characters
radiate and emanate. Although the story is not narrated from Anita’s
perspective, Anita’s eyes and ears are privy to many of these happenings. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt;">Despite the
many issues touched on, the narrative tends to focus on Anita’s awakening and relegates
the seemingly larger issues of the adult characters to the background. The film
spends too much time on Anita’s consciousness building and coming to terms with
her sexuality. The enlightenment, though, seems premature, and the girl’s rather
too-early disposition towards romantic aspirations may come across as contrived
just to lend to the story a certain measure of sensationalism. The film
triumphs, still, by espousing rebellion as a tool for emancipation. But while
it is successful for Anita who thwarts every attempt to suppress her feelings,
it proves onerous for Pilar who defies a community to regain her self-worth. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt;">Malvar’s
central performance as Anita is flawless. She is natural in light moments
and evokes the right emotions in heavy dramatic scenes. She has an innate
talent as a young actress that is different from those of the stable of child talents
manufactured by the country’s top TV networks. While the so-called “child stars”
are camera-conscious and deliver their dialogues with measured cadence, Malvar’s acting
is in line with her character and more reflective of how a normal child speaks
and moves absent a camera. Ditto for the other two kids, who shine in their
comedic scenes. Aquino delivers a fine portrayal, especially in her last scenes.
Ensemble acting is good.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Obando
is not a great location, but simple crags and roads are made striking by the skillful
cinematography. Day and night shots are of the right contrast. Music and
editing are good. This debut feature by Bernardo proves that the
film industry has room for talented filmmakers and that it actually needs new breed
of players that will invigorate the scene.</span></span><br />
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Randy Renier I. Espinoza</span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt;">Morality gets
thematic focus in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Ang Kwento ni Mabuti</i>,
the latest full-length feature by maverick filmmaker Mes De Guzman, who is also
a recipient of multiple awards from the Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for
Literature. Shot entirely in Nueva Vizcaya, with dialogues rendered in the
Ilocano language, the film is lifted by the noteworthy performance of Nora
Aunor, dubbed the country’s "Superstar," as Mabuti de la Cruz, who faces a
dilemma when she comes across a bag containing peso bills worth 5 million. Written
and photographed by the director himself, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Mabuti</i>
tied with <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Ang Huling Cha-cha ni Anita </i>for
the Best Film plum and won for De Guzman the Best Director and Best Screenplay
awards at the recently held CineFilipino Film Festival 2013. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt;">The story
follows the pastoral life of Mabuti, a faith healer in a highland village who
is known for her benevolence She practices traditional medicine without
accepting payment for her services, and she takes care of the sustenance of the
household, which comprises her mother and four granddaughters. Her son and
daughter have left their children in her custody to seek livelihood elsewhere
and do not give financial support for the kids. Complications come to the self-complacent
and easygoing Mabuti when she learns, apart from her daughter being pregnant
for the fourth time by a fourth lover, that the parcel of land on which their
house and hillside farm are nestled will be sequestered if they can’t pay their
overdue taxes.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt;">Mabuti seeks
help from their barangay captain, who refers her to a land registration officer
in a distant town. She then sets out on a trip, delayed by unfortunate
circumstances, where she meets a friendly woman who leads her to her
destination. She experiences another setback and is not able to accomplish her
task until the next day, with no clear resolution of her problem. On her return
trip, she again encounters the friendly stranger, now aloof, who later leaves her
a bag and asks her to look for her daughter in Santa Clara and take care of
her, after which she runs off and gets shot by authorities. Mabuti learns that
the bag contains cash worth millions.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt;">Mabuti spends
the following days mulling over the windfall, torn as to what to make of it. She
seeks counsel from her ailing mother, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Nanang</i>,
who tells her that she will not pass judgment on her whatever she decides to do
with the money, Just when she’s on the verge of reporting it to the
authorities, happenstance prevents her from turning over the booty. The final
straw comes when <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Nanang’</i>s failing
health brings them to a situation where only a costly operation can prolong her
life, a deciding turn of event for the generally upright Mabuti to turn to her stash
of money as last resort. But the mother passes away even before an operation
could be had. What she eventually decides to do with the money is implied by
the happy disposition of the family, reunited with Mabuti’s son and daughter,
on board an SUV driven by the son, leaving <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Nanang</i>’s
final resting place. Mabuti then tells her son to head towards Santa Clara. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt;">Mabuti</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt;"> can be seen as a modern-day parable set in a rural context, with <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Mabuti de la Cruz</i> serving as an allegory
for the Filipino whose sense of right and wrong gets put to the test when
saddled with huge problems, mainly of a financial nature. While its premise justifies
whatever decision Mabuti undertakes, the film’s rationale could have achieved
more forcefulness had the setting been in the metropolis, where more dire
circumstances would have put the protagonist in a deeper moral crisis. An urban
setting is too overworked, though, that it may diminish a film’s seminal
quality. Perhaps De Guzman opted to locate his story in the countryside to lend
a freshness of approach on a rather cliché theme of moral dilemma. He traded
the explicit corruption and debauchery of the big city for the sparse
indiscretions of country folks. In this mountainous region, simple and self-sufficient
living is the espoused mantra. If there’s anything that disturbs the relative
quiet of the area, it is the armed encounters between the insurgents and the
government forces, the petty misdeeds of local officials, or infrequent criminal
activities such as robbery.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt;">Against this
milieu, Mabuti is depicted as a noble person who spends her everyday life happily
doing her chores and nurturing the bountiful nature that surrounds her, from
which she gets sustenance for her family. She is a pillar to her household, a
reliable faith healer, a friend to her neighbors and a good member of the
community. Almost half of the film is devoted to establishing the integrity of her
character, until the life-changing moral crisis she finds herself in.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt;">Excesses</span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt;">The story is simple
and spare, but the narrative takes a circuitous route, encountering roadblocks
along the way. Instead of plunging headlong into the conflict of the story, the
camera wanders, spends too long a time on Mabuti’s activities of daily living,
her encounters with her neighbors, her communion with nature, her interaction
with her family. The film’s first half comes off as a pseudo-ethnography that
seeks to show the geography, language, people, and ways of life of this side of
the province. It’s interesting, especially for a city denizen, to get a glimpse
of bucolic life, but it gets interminable after the first 15 to 30 minutes. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt;">Even after a
complication is introduced midway via a letter demanding payment of dues, the
narrative stops and goes, like a public utility vehicle:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mabuti gets delayed many times, sleeps at a military
camp at one time and has to stay the night on the bleachers of a public
gymnasium when the person she’s looking for isn’t available until the next day.
And when she gets custody of the money, the narrative continues to take detours.
Much camera time is spent on her deliberation, quiet thinking, and failed
attempts to surrender the cash. Many elements are not integral to the story. The
cursory depiction of the insurgency in the area doesn’t serve a political
purpose. An effort at comedic relief via the village chief’s right-hand man fails.
The character’s lines and moments, especially the one where he professes his love
for a hen, are corny. The character is not at all lovable, and the amateur
actor just makes the role even more dowdier.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt;">Closer scrutiny
will reveal a simplistic knowledge of folk medicine. Mabuti uses a stone,
leaves and saliva which come in handy anytime and anywhere an emergency arises,
but I believe faith healers employ other items to carry out their healing routines.
Then there is a scene where Mabuti passes by a hut, where a neighbor is singing
“Kahit Konting Awa” on the videoke. Not much criticism about it, but I still am
skeptical about the viability of a videoke in a remote place in a household
that is not particularly better off than Mabuti’s. The rub is that the song is the
theme from Aunor’s 1995 film <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Flor
Contemplacion Story</i>. Also, it is not one of the most popular ones that get sung
on the videoke. A relatively young country girl will most likely prefer newer songs.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt;">One factor that
weighs down the believability of the story is the circumstances that surround
the bag’s genesis. In a small rural town, it is unlikely that a robbery happens
where a woman is part of the crime. And it is highly improbable that an
establishment has readily available cash that amounts to millions and a member
of the gang runs away with 5 million as her share from the loot.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt;">Acting</span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt;">Ensemble acting
is the film’s waterloo. Picking bystanders for bit parts is forgivable, but casting
amateurs that lack talent for critical support roles is downright inexcusable. The
intention to achieve authenticity by casting residents that speak the language doesn’t
have to hinder one from even considering tapping locals with acting experience.
The four children give satisfactory performances, but the “actors” who
interpret the elderly roles do not exhibit rapport with the camera and with
their co-actors. The <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Kapitan</i> actor is
simply drab and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Nanang</i> is totally out
of sync, unable to evoke the emotions required of her role. Arnold Reyes and
Mara Lopez as Mabuti’s children are okay. Ama Quiambao appears only in one
scene, while Sue Prado gives a pivotal turn as the robbery suspect.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt;">Nora Aunor is
the film’s saving grace. She reaffirms why she is the ultimate interpreter of
roles that represent ethnic and minority groups. Relaxed and self-assured, she
abandons the emphatic delivery of lines that has long been identified with her and
speaks with fluidity in her passable Ilocano accent. Her movements and strides are
smooth, natural, and appropriate as she explores the vast expanse of the country’s
terrain. She registers ambivalence with her indescribable grin and her face that
sometimes evokes rapidly shifting emotions, but overall her facial expressions
are spot on. She again makes full use of her dewy eyes to express emotions that
dialogues cannot convey, although she tends to overuse her prized assets in a couple of
scenes where those eyes appear sharp and frightened. Her highlight is the
riveting moment where she is at a crossroad, fully resolved to make use of the
money, but she gets blocked by a series of jeeps with a signboard that reads “Santa
Clara.” Her face and body movements powerfully communicate her strong will despite
her confused state of mind.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt;">Conclusion</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">The
vision behind the material’s conception does not get fully translated in the
execution. The hauntingly picturesque shots of the terrain that open the film,
which get repeated towards the middle part, and some scenery shots that are
almost lyrical are awesome, but most of the film’s cinematography is uneven and
not awe-inspiring. It may be that the lensing is not really that great or Vizcaya’s
terrain is not really beautiful enough to translate into enhanced celluloid
vistas. Editing needs polishing as scenes sometimes do not flow smoothly. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Mabuti</i>’s worth resides in Aunor’s natural
gift as a topnotch actress, its brave use of a regional language for its screenplay,
and its attempt to showcase a little-known upland province.</span></span><br />
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt;">By Randy Renier I. Espinoza</span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt;">September 2013
marked a milestone in Philippine Cinema and a celebration for all <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Pinoy</i> cineastes. Besides a handful of well-made
films that finally got their commercial run (notably Erik Matti’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">On The Job,</i> which was exhibited in the Directors’
Fortnight of the Cannes International Film Festival, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Transit and Sana Dati</i>, both big winners at Cinamalaya), a score
of celluloid offerings were screened as part of two film festivals: Sineng
Pambansa National Film Festival and CineFilipino Film Festival.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt;">Two festivals
of national scope staged for one week each, one after the other. Both
fledgling. The former</span></div>
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is dubbed as the “All-Masters Edition” of the flagship
project of the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP), in
cooperation with SM Cinemas, whose theaters in Metro Manila and selected
provinces served as the screening venues for the 10 feature films that formed
part of the fest. The latter was mounted by PLDT Smart Foundation, TV 5,
MediaQuest, Unitel and Optima Digital, with 8 features and 10 shorts that were
exhibited in four locations: Resorts World Manila, Lucky Chinatown, Gateway
Cineplex and EDSA Shangri-La. While the former boasted films made by some of
the country’s veteran directors, the latter featured works by mostly newbie
filmmakers.<br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt;">Days after the
combined two-week run of the festivals, ticket sales reveal lukewarm attendance
from the movie-going public. Press releases claim many CineFilipino screenings
were well attended. This may be true. But with only 3 venues that committed 1
theater each, plus 1 venue that played for only two days, a feature film had
only 10 screenings, more or less, for the event’s entire run, which was more than enough to
accommodate interested viewers. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Ang
Kwento Ni Mabuti</i>, the festival’s top grosser that grossed north of 300,000 (Source: <a href="http://www.todoentertainment.com/www_todoentertainment_buzzblast_com.ws?wsajx=1&idb=11857714&idpnl=ad&pg2=2&idart=125265&anc=">Todo! Entertainment</a>),
clinched an extended one-week run in two cinemas, which then failed to draw enough
crowd to fill even a quarter of the seats (I watched it on the evening of its eight day, meaning first day of its extended showing, and the crowd was less than 20). </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt;">The Sineng
Pambansa entries did relatively better, with <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Lihis</i>, <i>Sonata</i>, and <i>Otso</i> as top grossers that earned 2.3 million, 600,000 and 570,000 respectively (Source: <a href="http://www.showbiz-portal.com/2013/09/box-office-take-of-sineng-pambansa.html">Showbiz Portal</a>). But taking into
account that the films were megged by big-named directors, the tickets were
priced at 100 and the fact that SM devoted, where possible, all its cinemas in
the metro and nearby areas to the festival entries, the revenue should have
been way higher. A regular Star Cinema flick can easily gross 50 million, while
a huge box-office hit can gross upwards of 100 to 200 million, even 300 million. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt;">Measured
against unwritten box-office standards, the festivals are considered big flops,
at least in terms of attendance and box-office results. Be that as it may, the
experience has yielded some lessons and realizations, most especially for the
festival organizers.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt;">Cinemalaya is the country’s premier festival, and will
be for many years to come</span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt;">Cinemalaya, despite
initial struggles, has evolved to become the one and the only film festival to
beat. Through the years, it has elevated the status of Philippine Cinema, here
and in the international scene. It has created a brand for itself. Cinamalaya is
now almost synonymous to quality indie films. Its reputation is evidenced by
the sold-out screenings, notwithstanding the 180 ticket price, for most of its films in several venues, many of which end
up acquiring commercial bookings.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt;">If other
festivals were to follow suit and aspire to rival Cinamalaya, they have to do
what Cinemalaya does, if not do it better.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt;">Market saturation</span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt;">Perhaps
Cinamalaya has saturated the space for quality independent productions. Perhaps there’s
only a certain peak, a certain number for quality films, beyond which surplus
production will kill the market. Law of supply and demand. There’s only a
certain quantity of films that a cineaste can see, much less a regular
moviegoer. A cinephile, even if he wants to catch all films, can only watch half
of them, due to time and budget constraints. A curious person or a moviegoer
perhaps will watch one or two.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt;">There are just
too many to watch. And to have two festivals in two consecutive weeks is
just overwhelming. Nobody can possibly watch every single title without
compromising appreciation and criticism. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt;">Quality, Not Quantity </span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt;">A festival
should endeavor to come up with a quality lineup. Sineng Pambansa, for
instance, should have fielded less than 10 films, because almost half of the entries
are underwhelming and some even had delayed screenings. A certain number of
cinemas should have sufficed instead of all SM cinemas available.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt;">Question of Public Readiness</span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt;">Are Filipinos
ready for a barrage of “quality” films? Or do they still prefer mainstream flicks
that are of the comedy, sex-themed, melodrama variety, and they will just allow
themselves to watch a few quality films that they deem worth watching? Or the
bigger question is, do they favor Hollywood movies, that’s why they don’t even have
time for quality Pinoy films?</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt;">New festivals
will come and go if there are no audiences for new waves of indie-spirited filmmakers.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt;">Business Model</span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt;">New and upcoming
festivals should realize that Cinamalaya was co-founded by big business and has,
from the very start, been driven by a business model. Therefore, FDCP should
partner with a group that will take care of the business side of
things. As for CineFilipino, perhaps its organizers, some of whom are
businessmen themselves, should come up with a more viable business platform.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt;">Promotion/Publicity</span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt;">Some cite lack
of promotion and publicity for the festivals’ dismal performance. Perhaps, yes.
Cinemalaya sure had its fair share of that when it was just starting, but the
quality of its lineups made people notice. Word of mouth was instrumental in its success. But, yes, promotion is important. For one, Sineng Pambansa doesn’t have
a Web site of its own, and the FDCP site doesn’t even have a page allocated for
this year’s program.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt;">Experience doesn’t necessarily translate to success</span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt;">The Sineng
Pambansa entries are products of veteran directors, but they are all flops and half
of them are subpar in quality. Clearly, this is an indication that Philippine
Cinema cannot rely on the old players, many of whom are still mainstream in
thinking and orientation. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt;">New Wave of Filmmakers</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">This
is an era for new waves of talented filmmakers that will chart new trails for
the industry. And festivals are good venues to showcase works by these
dedicated new players, commingling with a select group of old masters committed
to furthering the cause of quality filmmaking. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Sineng
Pambansa and CineFilipino, guided by learnings from their experiences, could
help uplift the industry. And they can only do that if their next presentations
will be better and more streamlined that will hopefully draw more people to the
cinemas. Because no amount of quality filmmaking would be successful if only a
handful of individuals were interested </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">and willing </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">to see it.</span></span><br />
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt;">By
Randy Renier I. Espinoza</span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Despite minor
setbacks, the recently concluded 2013 Sineng Pambansa National Film Festival:
All Masters Edition has produced a few noteworthy films from an otherwise
lackluster lineup.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt;">‘Badil’ – a modest masterpiece</span></b></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Director:</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt;"> Chito Rono</span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Cast: </span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jhong Hilario, Dick Israel,
Nikki Gil</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt;">A microscopic
look at vote buying in a rural town, it follows Nonoy (Hilario) as he takes
over the duties of his father as the party leader in their area. As a rival
party infiltrates their domain and threatens to “kill” their votes, Nonoy takes
on the grueling task of monitoring the neighborhood and ensuring votes for
their party. Beginning on the eve of the polls and ending the next morning on election
day, the story depicts the moral dilemma of a man straddling between his
loyalty to his father and his party affiliation and his personal happiness,
which includes his pregnant girlfriend, an election officer and daughter of a
rival party leader.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt;">With <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Badil</i>, Rono returns to his native roots
in his home province of Samar, which serves as the perfect geographic milieu
for the narrative. The rustic charm of the province is captured and rendered in
colors that border on the dreary shades, in almost the monochrome of gray,
perhaps highlighting the film’s theme and mood. A quick break comes with the
crisp texture and tonal quality of the scene where Nonoy’s girlfriend is
imagined ebulliently bathing in the sea. The squid hanging on a cord along the
country road is a powerful imagery that foreshadows conflict and death, also a
metaphor for <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">badil</i>, or dynamite
fishing, or the tinting of those who have been bought by the other side, which
translates to “killed” votes.</span><br />
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Badil</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt;"> is a surprise masterpiece that seeks to analyze a known corrupt
practice in the electoral system. It succeeds without aspiring to epic
greatness or technical sophistication, but by creating an intact narrative,
with a sequencing that follows a crescendo that builds suspense and leads to a
potent climax. The moral dimension consists in Nonoy’s dilemma, his hesitation
in the beginning, and then his avowal of bequeathed duty in the end. Nonoy’s
internal struggle, his thoughts, and his decisions are not explicitly
expressed, but are implied by his actions and facial expressions. In the same
manner, the film does not denounce corruption; rather, it describes and
analyzes it. It leaves the judgment and the decision to the viewers.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Ensemble acting
is superb. Hilario ably evokes the nuances of his ambivalent character, and Gil
is convincing as a country girl whose father’s death is bound to turn his love
for Nonoy into wrath. Israel commands attention as the patriarch who will ensure
his party’s victory to preserve the status quo that benefits him and his family.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt;">RATING: 9/10 </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt;">‘Sonata’ – A heartwarming tale of renewed love for
life</span></b></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Directors:</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt;"> Peque Gallaga and Lore Reyes</span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Cast</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">:</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">Cherie Gil, Chino Jalandoni</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt;">This is a story
about Regina, an accomplished opera star in Europe who loses her voice and is
forced to retire in seclusion at her ancestral estate in Negros. Called by
household staff as the nega-star, the diva fights bouts of depression and a
troubled love life, until a boy makes her rediscover life.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Cherie Gil fits
the role to a T; in fact, it’s too custom-made for her that the
characterization almost seems effortless. She deftly shifts from moody
depression to unrestrained enthusiasm and then back to unexpected gloom. The
dark aspect of her fallen diva role is reminiscent of the doomed ex-burlesque
queen character that her mom, Rosemarie Gil, essayed 35 years ago. Jalandoni, portraying
the boy who brings optimism to Regina, lacks the charm and radiance to
completely own the role. The rest of the cast complements Cherie’s adequate performance.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Gallaga and
Reyes, who have churned out mainly forgettable fares of mixed genres in recent
history, score a success with this heartwarming tale that will make the audience
smile and cry at the same time. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Sonata</i>’s
simple but inspiring narrative is enough to make it worth watching. The almost
lyrical music and cinematography that captures the idyllic beauty of the countryside
contribute to make the film an ode to life.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt;">RATING: 8/10 </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt;">‘Ano
Ang Kulay ng mga Nakalimutang Pangarap?’ – Lesson in growing old wisely</span></span></b></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Director:</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt;"> Jose Javier Reyes</span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Cast:</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt;"> Rustica Carpio, Ryan Agoncillo, Jackie Lou Blanco, Bobby Andrews</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Teresa has
spent most of her life serving a family as a nanny. When the household’s matriarch
passes away, the children agree to sell the family’s estate and must decide on
what to do with the now-elderly Teresa. All based abroad with respective lives
of their own, they resolve to secure a retirement place for Teresa and leave
her with a lump sum for her needs. Upon Teresa learning of her fate, she leaves
the house, uncertain of her future.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Reyes deserves
kudos for turning the spotlight on the plight of elderly people, especially
those who grow old alone and without possessions of their own. He has always exemplified
a grasp of the language and culture of middle-class families, but this time he
has taken a special interest in a person in the household who is often
overlooked: the nanny. And he intersperses in this the issues of sibling
conflict, migration, issues of the elderly, friendship (between Mercy, the
matriarch, and Teresa) and loyalty (Teresa to Mercy). Flashbacks establish
history and the dynamic of the relationships in the household. Appropriate music
and cinematography build the flow of the narrative and the smooth transition
from present to the past.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Carpio delivers
a poignant portrayal, even without much dialogue. The forcefulness of her
performance, though, is weighed down by her character’s obstinacy. One is not
likely to completely sympathize with an old grumpy lady who chastises a help
who assists her in the maintenance of the house; a person who hasn’t saved up
for herself because she has been helping relatives, who passes up the chance of
forming a family of her own because she decides to stay with and serve her then-ward,
Mercy, who has constantly told her it’s all right if she runs off
with her boyfriend. And when it almost ends up that she is to stay in a retirement
home, she shows refusal by walking away. For an elderly who has no relatives
willing to take her in, right mind will dictate practicality. After all, a life
among other elderly people is preferable than a life of a vagabond. Agoncilio’s
vacillating character doesn’t earn him much sympathy either. Just when the
viewer thinks that he must be the one who will look after Teresa’s concerns, he
disappoints in the end.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt;">The story could
have been more truthful had a more thorough research into geriatrics and statistics
on what motivates elderly people’s thinking and decisions been made.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt;">RATING: 7/10</span></div>
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</span>This review does not include <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Eman</i>,
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Lauriana</i>, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Isang Tag-araw ni Twinkle</i>.)</span></span><br />
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<![endif]--><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">By Randy Renier I. Espinoza</span></i><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Sineng Pambansa 2013 set out to be an auspicious film festival that gathered
some of the big-named directors in the country, hence its subtitle “All Masters
Edition.” Whether the project turned out to be a success is a subject of
another discussion. What matters for now is the Filipino moviegoers got treated
to an eclectic lineup of celluloid offerings from the country’s seasoned
filmmakers, especially those who have been away from the limelight for a long time.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The
National Film Festival dished out a buffet of varying themes, genres, and
styles. Love, in all its forms and varieties, permeates most of the films. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Lihis </i>exalts homosexual love. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Bamboo Flowers</i> explores love in its
different forms:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>filial, platonic,
romantic. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Tinik</i> talks about a love
that sacrifices and a love that grows<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">. Badil</i>
essays a dutiful love for a father and family "honor<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">,"
</i>while<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> Sonata </i>trumpets renewed
love for life. Love can also degenerate into its earthly permutation:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>sex. It’s showcased in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Otso</i>. And it takes a perverted form in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Lihis</i> and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Tinik, </i>where a
male straddles between heterosexual and homosexual intercourses. A three-way or
a four-way affair is in order:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A man
shared by a woman and another man in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Lihis</i>
and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Tinik</i>; then a woman shared by
three men and a man shared by two women in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Otso</i>.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Politics
is also a subject that some of the filmmakers touch upon, if not focus on. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Otso</i> perfunctorily employs local
elections in Manila as a social backdrop. Most of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Lihis </i>is situated in the Martial Law era, amid armed struggle of
the guerilla forces against the government. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Badil</i>
begins and ends with the elections in the countryside as its milieu. The
festival is not complete without tackling homosexuality, a theme that has
attracted much interest in recent years. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Lihis</i>
and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Tinik</i> offer parallel narratives.
Both depict ménage a trios, but while homosexual love is consummated in the
former film, it is only discovered after the loved one has passed away in<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i>the latter.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Veteran
actors figure in this motley of themes, as patriarchs, matriarchs, divas, and
whatnot. Dick Israel’s patriarch in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Badil</i>
commandeers viewers’ attention. Rustica Carpio turns in a poignant portrayal in
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Ano Ang Kulay ng mga Nakalimutang
Pangarap?</i> Cherie Gil shines as a fallen opera star in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Sonata</i>. Raquel Villavicencio’s low-key performance stands out amid
the excesses of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Lihis</i>. Anita Linda
and Vangie Labalan compensate for <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Otso</i>’s
deficiencies. The innate talent of actors Bembol Roco and Spanky Manikan,
however, are not enough to uplift <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Tinik</i>
and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Bamboo Flowers</i>, respectively<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">.</i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Director:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Mario
J. Delos Reyes</i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Cast:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Mylene
Dizon, Irma Adlawan, Ruhu Madrid, Max Collins, Orlando Sol, Spanky Manikan</i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Set in
Bohol, the film tells the stories of disparate characters: a boy hoping for a
better life for his grandfather and his mother; a girl who works as a
chambermaid in a resort, hoping to find luck abroad; a man who’s not bright
enough to finish his studies and returns to his family to tend to their farm; a
widowed mother and her child who relocate from Manila. The grandfather dies at
the end, but everybody gets their happy endings:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the boy’s singing talent gets discovered; the
girl abandons her worldly ambitions and settles with a simple farm life with
her true love; the mother comes to grips with the loss of her husband and her
son slowly gets settled in and finds new friends.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Nothing
wrong with happy endings, but it’s just too optimistic and too good to be true.
The screenplay is, at best, too cutesy; and at worst, too melodramatic. The biggest
“OA” part is where the student-turned-farmer, after getting into a heated
confrontation with his sister who belittles him, gets hysterical and goes
berserk, runs into the banana grove, and hits and trounces the bamboo plants, while
repeatedly yelling he deserves to die. Another thing, the chambermaid girl is miscast. She has
the features of an “it girl,” a total package, who speaks fluent English, which
renders unrealistic the proposition that a girl this good will not be
successful and will just be content being a housewife to his farmer boyfriend.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The film’s
inherent weaknesses and the lackluster performance of the rest of the cast fail
to bring out the best<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>in the otherwise
talented Mylene Dizon, Irma Adlawan, and Spanky Manikan.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Director:
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Joel Lamangan</i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Cast: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Jake Cuenca, Joem Bascon, Lovi Poe, Isabelle
Daza, Glorida Diaz</i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Set in
the Martial Law era, this is a tale of homosexual love between two guerilla
fighters that endure the odds: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>a spoiled
woman who seeks to tear them apart and the society that forbids the kind of love
that they have. Together, they fight for their love and for the liberation of
the people from tyranny. Love and war. Homosexuality and revolution. Powerful themes
that make a great movie. When a movie aspires to be the Filipino <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Brokeback Mountain</i> and a political film
at the same time, a tight script should warrant commingling such themes. Contrivances
in the movie, however, relegate political struggle to just a mere backdrop against
which to situate a gay story, apparently with the hope of lending social
relevance to it.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The
film is plagued with second-rate production design and a script that defies
logic and common sense. The setting is Martial Law and you get a faucet that’s
made of plastic. On their first meeting, the two gay protagonists already show
dislike of each other, a bad blood that dissipates when Cesar (Cuenca) kisses
Ador (Bascom) and they, after some fistfight, end up having sex. When Cecilia (Poe) joins
the rebels, she gets introduced to Ador first of all and she hastily shows her
liking for the latter. The two boys indulge in steamy sex with wild abandon in
the wide expanse of a river, not mindful of getting caught by passersby. Cecilia
actually sees them, and when the boys return to the rebel camp, she kisses
Ador, pulls him into a hut and lures him into engaging in intercourse, all this
after she has just caught Ador having sex with Cesar minutes ago. And then
there’s a scene where Cecilia drops off a tricycle, she enters her home (during
her short-lived marriage with Ador) and hears moans emanating from their room,
she pushes the door ajar and she sees her husband and Cesar having sex, who apparently
haven’t heard of the tricycle’s revving engine. These are just some of the
forced elements that stretch the limit for suspension of disbelief.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">There’s
no problem with aspiring for a great story, but when elements get forced to the
point of going against nature and reality, that’s when a well-intentioned work
fails. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">RATING:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>5.5/10</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Otso</span></b><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Director:
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Elwood Perez</i> </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Cast: </span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-PH; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">Vincent M. Tañada, Anita
Linda, Vangie Labalan</span></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The film
follows a writer’s search for his dream indie script, which leads him to a make-believe
story involving characters that populate and surround the apartment complex he’s
staying at. Beginning in color for the first few minutes and shifting to
black-and-white thereafter, the filmmaker’s artistic aspirations become
evident. The narrative reaffirms this. It attempts at postmodernism, with its
haphazard way of questioning truth and reality. The film is said to be a
tribute to Anita Linda, but it fails to establish that and, if anything, just
inserts Linda as an afterthought.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Perez
deserves admiration for his attempt at avant-gardism. His concept is promising,
but the execution seems lacking. He needs more talented people to realize his
vision of an art film, foremost of which is a set of actors that will breathe
life to his characters. His main actor fails in the film medium. He doesn’t command
attention and elicit feeling. And the blurring/enhancing of his face sometimes
distracts the audience from what’s happening. Support appearances from Anita
Linda, Vangie Labanan, and Jun Urbano will not make up for the bland ensemble
acting. With better actors in place, a tightened script could have made this a “fully
realized art film.”</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">RATING:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>6/10</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Director:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Romy Suzara</i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Cast:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Ricardo
Cepeda, Lemuel Pelayo</i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">A
story about a gay couturier (Cepeda) who finds new love. The former takes the latter
under his wing. A special relationship develops until the man begins a tryst
with his gay lover’s favorite female model. It is too late when the man
realizes his love for his benefactor, who has loved him dearly.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">It is
clear from the opening scenes what the movie will be:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>an epic fail. The direction by Suzara, who had
a long hiatus from showbiz, seems amateurish. The script, to begin with, is
mediocre. The cringe-worthy dialogues and sequences are akin to those of the
subpar sexy movies produced by Seiko Films, just a notch better. Imagine the young
gay protagonist being told by his father, pontificating about why a young man gets
circumcised, “Anak, ang ari ng lalake ay isang sandata na nakapagpapaligaya sa mga
babae,” as the boy's mother (Angeli Bayani) serves their meal and waits on them, with an embarrassed and bewildered look on her face. Even veteran actor Bembol Rocco gets weighed down by his vapid speaking
lines. Production design is even worse. Imagine a scene set in 1975 in Nueva
Ecija, where the father is in the river, cleaning his jeep that looks like the
modern variety that plies today’s streets, and is using a pail and a dipper
made of plastic. In the ‘70s, the jeeps looked different and people in the
provinces used recycled containers of biscuits and crude oil as pails and
dippers.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Cepeda
fails to effectively internalize his gay role, thus producing a one-dimensional
character, devoid of depth and believability. He just doesn't look, act, and sound gay in many scenes. His not-so-gayish interpretation makes for an inconsistency in characterization, as the young protaganist is portrayed as openly effeminate. The others don’t help much in the
acting department, save a brief appearance by Bayani.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">(NOTE:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This review does not include <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Eman</i>, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Lauriana</i>, and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Isang Tag-araw ni
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">By
Randy Renier I. Espinoza</span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">A discussion on the representation of Filipino
migrant workers in film is not complete without referencing <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Anak</i>, probably the quintessential OFW
movie. Other films like <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Caregiver</i>, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">A Mother’s Story</i>, and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Flor Contemplacion Story</i> are also worth
mentioning. Along comes <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Transit</i>, a courageous
film trudging a new trail on an already-familiar terrain: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the Filipino diaspora. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Helmed by young filmmaker Hannah Espia, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Transit</i> takes its viewers to Israel and
tells the stories of five Filipinos living in constant agitation and anxiety. Janet
(Irma Adlawan) and Moises (Ping Medina) are siblings with expired working
visas. Yael (Jasmine Curtis) is Janet’s daughter sired by a former Israeli
lover. Joshua (Marc Justine Alvarez) is Moises’ son with a former Pinay
girlfriend who left them to marry an Israeli. Joshua stays with Janet and Yael
in a cramped apartment while Moises works as a stay-in caregiver. Tina
(Mercedes Cabral) is a newcomer who stays with them temporarily while she</span></div>
tries
to find employment. Janet is always watchful, making sure Joshua is hidden from
authorities, be it with a shawl or in the safety of their abode. She forbids Yael
from straying away from the apartment and tells her that she’s not Israeli and that
new laws might result in her deportation. Meanwhile, the government has passed
a new law that will deport children of foreign laborers who are less than 5
years old. Tension rises when Joshua gets caught and ordered for deportation.<br />
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<span lang="EN-US">Nothing seems extraordinary about the
story, but the way it is told deviates from the formula that informs most OFW
movies. Unlike the latter that tends to focus on one protagonist, usually the
lead star, the film treats the stories of the five characters with equal
importance and then weaves them into a coherent narrative. It repeats some
scenes from the five sub-stories and inserts and interlaces them into each
sub-story, apparently serving as threads that hold these individual stories
together, thus forming a quilt of related and convergent stories. Cinematography
is resplendent, capturing the distinct atmosphere of the locale. Music is appropriate,
evoking the pathos whenever needed. Not overly scored to elicit melodrama, but
just right to heighten the somber mood.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">There are one or two scenes where Janet
goes ballistic and resorts to hysterics, but overall the film is quiet, relying
on the lighting and the music to set the mood and tempo. There are many crying
scenes, but not staged in a grand manner that mainstream productions would usually
opt for. Conflicts unravel not through noisy confrontations, but through
conversations and actions. Their woes are shown not through inflictions, but are
narrated and etched on their faces and implied by their movements. There is no
vilification of Israel, the Jews and their laws, but just an acceptance of the status
quo:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>that their unstable life in Israel
is better off than a miserable existence back home. Children like Joshua and
Yael may get deported, but their heart will remain in Israel. Yael may be
half-Filipino, as what her mother constantly instills in her, but her
allegiance is with the land where she was born and the people she grew up with.
The final scene, the interminable waiting at the airport’s luggage area, highlights
and punctuates the film’s message.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Irma Adlawan’s overall performance is
compelling, although she has the tendency to lose restraint in some heavy
scenes that require her character to raise her voice. Ping Media is in fine
form, and Jasmine Curtis’s subtle and controlled acting will put to shame some
of ABS-CBN’s and GMA’s female young stars. Mercedes Cabral’s presence here is a
notch different from most of her undertakings. There’s a certain sincerity to
her characterization. Marc Justine Alvarez delivers a performance that is
natural and endearing. All the actors, except for Cabral, have Hebrew speaking
lines, especially Alvarez and Curtis, who mainly use Hebrew. The flair with
which they are able to deliver their lines in a foreign language deserves
commendation.</span><br />
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Filipinos as Hong Kong, Singapore, and the U.S. are, but <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Transit</i> seeks to give voices to Filipinos who toil on this side of
the world. And it does so by way of a grand narrative, narrated from the
perspectives of five individuals whose tales share the same motif: that of
survival and hope. The story may be a plea to the Israeli government to be more
lenient with their immigration laws, but it also resonates a message of concern
to the Philippine government:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>what gives
rise to the Filipino diaspora, why many Filipinos are leaving their homeland. But
the film’s achievement does not consist in telling its story and putting its
message across, for many OFW movies before have equally done so. Its success
lies, apart from its technical excellence, in its storytelling, the way it describes
the plight of seemingly ordinary people in a manner that is not contrived and clichéd.</span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US">Winner of many awards, including Best
Picture and Best Director, in its category at the 2013 Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Transit</i> has just been chosen by a
special committee of the Film Academy of the Philippines as the country’s official
entry to the Academy Awards’ Best Foreign Language Film category. With the
maturity and the polish with which she created her first full-length feature
film, Espia ranks as one of the few young talented filmmakers that is expected
to make a dent on Philippine Indie Cinema.</span></div>
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The Job</span></i><span lang="EN-US"> is probably this year’s most important
film. There are some reasons why. It is a neatly made film that tackles corruption
in the bureaucracy and the political system. It is Erik Matti’s career’s best
work. It was screened at the 2013 Cannes International Film Festival in the
Directors’ Fortnight section. It is one of Star Cinema’s grandest productions
to date. It is slated for North American distribution by Well Go USA
Entertainment this fall and is reported to have a U.S. adaptation. It stars two
of local showbiz’s top heartthrobs. It features an award-winning performance by
veteran actor Joel Torre.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US">Opening with scenes of local festivity disrupted
by bullet shots from the trigger of Mario/“Tatang” (Joel Torre), the camera
follows Tatang and his backup, Daniel (Gerald Anderson), along their journey
back to their domicile:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the prison. What
unravels is a complex web of characters and relationships that extend beyond
the parameters of the penitentiary and involve power holders in government and the
justice system. The virtual father-and-son duo of Tatang and Daniel draws some
unlikely parallel with a partnership formed between NBI agent Francis Coronel
Jr. (Piolo Pascual) and SPO1 Acosta (Joey Marquez), who form the “good” end of
the spectrum. Tatang needs his job in order to win back his wife and send his
daughter to law school. Daniel is being groomed as the heir apparent to Tatang,
who is about to receive pardon. Coronel, meanwhile, whose father-in-law,
Congressman Manrique, is running for a senate seat, gets assigned to take over
a criminal case being handled by Acosta.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US">As witnesses get silenced for life, the
investigation of the case is poised to throw relationships in disarray and even
cause political turmoil, with loved ones as collateral damage. Realization
comes to everyone. Tatang discovers that his wife has a boyfriend and that his
incarceration has alienated him from his daughter, and he is told that he’s
facing forced retirement from his job upon release from prison. Daniel learns
that her mother is entertaining a new man in her life and decides to lure back
his old flame. Coronel finds out that General Pacheco (Leo Martinez), a friend
and party mate of his father-in-law, is at the top of the hierarchy that
operates the crime syndicate that enlists inmates as triggermen. Acosta’s drug
beats yield clues that point to his son being involved in drugs-related
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<span lang="EN-US">Conflict ensues as Coronel and Acosta
have to make important decisions if they are to faithfully discharge their
sworn duties as agents of the law. Coronel has to bear getting the disapproval
of her wife and his father-in-law as exposing the truth means getting the
latter implicated in the case, as he has hired the services of the crime
syndicate twice. Acosta has to set aside his fatherly feelings as he attempts
to take his own son into custody. As Coronel finally gets the resolve to do the
right thing and is close to getting the truth exposed, he gets shot by Daniel. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Loosely based on events that got exposed
in the media, the film is a brave exposition of the corruption in government
and the penitentiary system that lets inmates go in and out of prison to do
criminal activities. Although some may see the film as a <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">noir</i>, a pessimistic depiction of the system, the production’s
effort is laudable in that it offers hope in the persons of Coronel and Acosta.
The former may have died and the latter may have been discharged from service, but
their commendable commitment to their duty leaves rays of hope for some. Coronel and Acosta
-- who is outraged by the wrongful death of the former and the obstruction of
justice and goes on a rampage and chases the convoy carrying Pacheco and Manrique
and shoots at their bulletproof vehicles -- are the faces of the few “straight”
public servants who defy the odds to make a difference. Their efforts may have
been snuffed out by the ruling system, but they symbolize hope, that there are
still few men good enough to make things right, even if hope remains hope.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">This thematic importance is matched by
the excellence of the film’s technical aspects. Unabashedly conceived to appeal
to commercial audiences, the film has the right mix of action, suspense, drama,
and sex that can compete with Hollywood flicks. The script has successfully
weaved different characters, relationships, and stories into a coherent mesh that
is dynamic and pulsating with life and action. This interlaced plot is set in a
canvas of light and colors that can be a tad dim at times, perhaps owing to the
film’s dark theme, featuring Manila’s sights and streets, thus evoking the
distinct cultural vibe of the city. There is balance in presenting the city’s
squalor vis-à-vis the places and sights that do not offend one’s senses.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Torre’s sterling portrayal of a
cold-blooded gunman is the focal point of the narrative. His performance
reaches its highest point when he, compelled by circumstances, kills Daniel,
who he has formed a special bond with. Anderson’s characterization lacks depth and
has traces of his past rendition as a retardate in a soap, and Pascual’s clean,
handsome features and inclination for grins in some scenes diminish the
forcefulness of his character. Martinez is effective, but her short stature
somewhat lessens the believability of his being a general (PMA has height
requirements). Marquez appears to buckle in some spots and reminds the audience
that he’s for most of his career been a comedy actor, but there’s a certain
quality to his characterization that surprisingly lends a human factor to it and
deserves sympathy. Angel Aquino gives a riveting turn as a cheating wife. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">The film is Erik Matti’s first
masterpiece that will define him as a filmmaker and will make people forget his
previous experiments with the sex-drama, fantasy, and suspense-horror genres. It
is an engaging potboiler with action sequences that are well choreographed and “highlight”
scenes that are well executed, without compromising artistic merits. After attempts in the past to penetrate the
international market via co-productions with American outfits, via the likes of
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Goodbye, America</i>, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">American Adobo</i>, and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Legacy</i> (starring David Hasselhoff), it looks like Star Cinema has
finally come up with a project that will appeal to foreign audiences, utilizing
and showcasing all-Filipino talent and expertise.</span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US">Vilma Santos is a screen legend and the
country’s Star for All Seasons, whose career trajectory spans 50 years of
playing lead roles which earned her box-office and critical successes. To cast
her as an extra or bit player in a movie is almost unthinkable. Can she pass off
as a bit player and effectively evoke the nuances of the role? Well, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Ekstra (The Bit Player), </i>the actress’s
first foray into indie filmmaking, provides a more-than-adequate answer<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">.</i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Helmed by acclaimed director Jeffrey
Jeturian, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Ekstra</i> opens with scenes
showing the character of Loida Malabanan (played by Vilma Santos) getting
rejected for a house-help part for a soap opera production. The film officially
starts when, one late night, she receives a booking for possible bit parts
in another soap opera. She then prepares her costumes and things and, hours
past midnight, with a co-extra friend in tow, heads for the meeting place for
all the talents, from which a service van picks them up to transport them to
the location shoot. Along the way, we get snippets, by way of humorous banters,
of the talents’ struggles as industry workers, while the talent coordinator has
to drop off along the highway two child talents, with their respective parents,
who don’t fit the roles of young Piolo Pascual and Marian Rivera, the soap’s
lead stars.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US">As the van reaches its destination, we
get to see the talents’ working conditions. They have no specified place to stay
at and have to find their own space, even if it means pitching a make-shift
tent and mingling with nearby animals. While the big stars and powers-that-be
eat good food in comfortable quarters, the bit players have to contend with the
bland taste of rationed food. If worse comes to worst, there can even be food
shortage. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">As the narrative unfolds, we see talents
being scolded at and one talent fainting during a scene because of fatigue and because
she missed breakfast. Amid subhuman circumstances, though, they are constantly
reminded to be always on the go, ready, alert, and performing according to what
is expected of them, in order to not waste precious time and camera reel. Loida
is even told by the wardrobe coordinator, who hands her a costume dress when
she clinches a role as a double, “Oh, ingatan mo ‘yan…mas mahal pa sa 'yo
‘yan.” Though it may sound exaggerated, it highlights how low the industry
people look at these workers. </span><br />
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<i><span lang="EN-US">"...Although it lacks the technical sophistication
and innovative storytelling of Tuhog,
Ektra ranks as one of Jeturian’s best
films, alongside Tuhog and Kubrador. Its effective use of both
comedy and drama to delineate its narrative and convey its message is an
accomplishment on its own. A rare feat that only skillful filmmakers can achieve.</span></i><span lang="EN-US"></span>..."</h3>
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<span lang="EN-US">Despite harsh conditions, just like
ordinary Filipinos, these workers tough it out, make the most of it, and even
have the humor to laugh at their own circumstances and enjoy while working. They
swoon over the good looks of Piolo Pascual and are fond of picture taking. To
them, no job is too tough if their life depends on it. Thus they will endure
the hardships, even if it means having prosthetics on their body for long
hours, only to be told that their scene has been postponed at a later time.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The travails of the lowly bit player is
most succinctly encompassed in the character of Loida. She gets lucky to land three
roles:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">sakada</i> (sugarcane plantation worker), housemaid, double for Eula
Valdez. But her landing those roles is no mean feat. It doesn’t happen every
day. It’s a product of luck and wanting to get the parts badly. She has to
compete with her best friend in a showdown during a mini audition to get the
housemaid part, and she has to endure, as a stand-in, getting gagged, slapped,
kicked, and burned by way of a cigarette butt. All because she needs the money
for her daughter’s tuition. And perhaps also because she still hopes that these
small parts will lead her to bigger roles.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Her winning streak ends, though, when
she botches an otherwise important role, that of an attorney. After a series of
blunders, she gets the ire of the director and ends up being scolded in front
of everybody and escorted out of the scene. As a consolation for the
embarrassment that she has been subjected to, and also perhaps because she
needs money, the talent coordinator gives her a crowd part in the party scene. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The film reaches its denouement the
morning of the following day as Loida gets off a jeep, walks towards her home, gives
her daughter the balance for her tuition, prepares her hot bath, eats the
leftover food from the shoot, while thinking about the events of the past 24
hours of work. The final scene shows Loida in a birthday party at a coworker
friend’s house, being asked about her reported big part. As she watches the
scene that she blew, with a different talent doing her part, she struggles to
contain her frustration, embarrassment, and pain.</span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Turning
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Ekstra
</span></i><span lang="EN-US">is a dramedy that is an unabashed satire on the exploitative
nature of the TV and movie industry. It exposes how market forces compel network
executives and directors to practice cost-effective measures, resulting in the
unfair treatment of talents, the lowest in the hierarchy of production staff.
It is a biting commentary on the harsh realities of these unsung industry
workers, how the system exploits their willingness to work for meager pay under
subhuman conditions. The film can even be viewed as an analogy for the larger
society, and the bit players are the lower-class citizens who could barely make
a living.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The film triumphs via a tight and
coherent script that is replete with humor and, at the same time, poignant moments.
The screenplay writers – Zig Dulay, Antoinette Jadaone, and Jeffrey Jeturian –
deserve kudos for their masterful handling of the material, neat sequencing of events,
and witty dialogues. They are able to interpose the issues of ratings and TV advertising
that influence how soaps are produced, most notably shown in a scene where the
entire production design is ludicrously done in the shade of blue because one of their
major advertisers is GSM Blue.</span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Extra</span></i><span lang="EN-US"> demonstrates Jeturian’s penchant for the theme of exploitation, which
he has tackled in his previous films, such as<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Tuhog, </i>which examines how a rape victim’s story is twisted by
filmmakers and turned into a titillating material, and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Bikini Open</i>, a look at how pageant contestants are compelled by economic
forces to let themselves get manipulated by pageant organizers.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The film showcases Jeturian’s use of humor
as an element that lends irony to the issues that he’s putting forward. Instead
of presenting an issue explicitly, as he did in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Kubrador</i>, this time he uses comedy in talking about the issues of
oppression and exploitation, thus resulting in a satire. The film is
reminiscent of the director’s treatment of humor in such films as <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Bikini Open</i> and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Bridal Shower</i>. One cannot help seeing an affinity between Jeturian
and the late National Artist Ishmael Bernal, who also exhibited his sense of
humor in his <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Working Girls </i>movies,
among others.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Although it lacks the technical sophistication
and innovative storytelling of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Tuhog</i>,
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Ektra</i> ranks as one of Jeturian’s best
films, alongside <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Tuhog</i> and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Kubrador</i>. Its effective use of both
comedy and drama to delineate its narrative and convey its message is an
accomplishment on its own. A rare feat that only skillful filmmakers can achieve.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Vilma
Santos shines</span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The selling point of the film, though, is
Vilma Santos. Not only because she is its lead star. It’s more because, contrary
to some people’s claims that she doesn’t want to look old and deglamorized
onscreen, she proves that, more than being a popular movie star, she is an artist
who is not afraid to take risks, experiment, and stretch her limits. Largely typecast
in glamorous middle-class/upper-class women roles throughout most of her
career, she is not new to deglammed roles, especially during the latter decades.
She has played roles which required her to take off some makeup and show her
real age:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>a liberated mother in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Bata, Bata, Paano Ka Ginawa?</i>; an OFW in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Anak</i>; an old-fashioned librarian in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">In My Life</i>. But her Loida Malabanan is
by far the most deglammed she has ever been. Sans makeup, wearing oversized
clothes, with wrinkles and sagging skin showing, looking haggard even, Santos
breathes life to her role as an aging bit player. With Jeturian’s competent direction,
Santos is able to look and act the part and to give a never-before-seen
performance. She is Loida Malaban through and through. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Santos’s Loida is a testament to her
versatility and wide range as an actress. She shines in another career-defining performance as a bit player without
making extra efforts to stand out, but by blending with the crowd and acting as
one of them, sharing the scenes with them and giving them the opportunity to do
their parts. The film gives Santos the chance to show her great comedic timing,
which moviegoers had the opportunity to see in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">In My Life</i>. Her best moments, though, involve quiet dramatic scenes
that require no dialogue:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>being scolded
by the director and escorted out; silently in pain, after being scolded, while
a co-talent comes to her to give her the party dress that she’s going to wear
for a scene; coming home, listless, and eating leftover food, while thinking
about what happened at work; watching her botched attorney part being portrayed
by a different talent, holding in her swelling tears. </span><br />
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Loida is a testament to her versatility and wide range as an actress. She<span id="goog_1577600518"></span><span id="goog_1577600519"></span>
shines in another career-defining performance as a bit player without making
extra efforts to stand out, but by blending with the crowd and acting as one of
them, sharing the scenes with them and giving them the opportunity to do their
parts....</span></span></span><b><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small;">" </span></span></b></i></span></h3>
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<span lang="EN-US">Now it can be told, Santos can do what
Nora Aunor can do. She has encroached on a territory which has always been,
until now, known to be only owned by Aunor. Vilma can now play roles that
represent marginalized groups. She has been an outsider looking
in and joining advocacy groups: a nun marching with laborers, a militant mother
of two who works in an NGO, a politicized mother who later joins a rally. Now
she can be one of them, a veritable member of these groups, who experiences
first-hand the oppression and injustice. Unlike Santos, though, Aunor still has
to prove she can do light comedy and can give justice to roles outside of her
comfort zone.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Santos is backed by an outstanding ensemble
cast led by Rubi Ruiz as the strict but compassionate talent coordinator,
Marlon Rivera as the short-tempered director, Vincent de Jesus as the witty
assistant director, and Tart Carlo as the comical best friend of Loida.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Prospects</span></b><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKCMaakCwwiF8yvhnc6VO7grxiYBM3sa0hgkYdEW32bfxCzKpvsmbk09zuZAYWqM-gy-LQGptVxCCyLh5fzsDOWjv3NEap0IKx2QZsCwh03xGI48XT5c8f-FRDhRtYt_rZ58PYLDVqXmRp/s1600/Poster_daw_cropped.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKCMaakCwwiF8yvhnc6VO7grxiYBM3sa0hgkYdEW32bfxCzKpvsmbk09zuZAYWqM-gy-LQGptVxCCyLh5fzsDOWjv3NEap0IKx2QZsCwh03xGI48XT5c8f-FRDhRtYt_rZ58PYLDVqXmRp/s400/Poster_daw_cropped.jpg" width="338" /></a></span></b></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Ekstra</span></i><span lang="EN-US"> bagged six awards at the recently concluded Cinemalaya Philippine
Independent Film festival, including Special Jury Prize, Netpac (Network for
Promotion of Asian Cinema) Special Award, Audience Choice Award, and Best
Actress. It also was the festival’s top grosser. Star Cinema is releasing the
film for nationwide screening starting on August 14. Whether it will emerge as
the top-grossing Pinoy indie film in history remains to be seen.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Set to premier globally at the Toronto International Film Festival and with invitations from other film
festivals, the film might just score international citations. Foreign audiences
might not be able to relate to some of the humor and the references to Filipino
film icons mentioned in the film, but there will surely be audiences that will
be receptive to and appreciative of the film's message and its star's strong performance.</span></div>
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RATING: 8.5/10</div>
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<i><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;"><a href="http://theiconoclastinme.blogspot.com/2013/08/cinemalaya-2013-frontrunners.html">CINEMALAYA 2013: THE FRONTRUNNERS</a></span></span></b></i><br />
<br />RRI Espinozahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02975237646688823558noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7302463225796252982.post-74774389054310377762013-08-04T10:49:00.001+08:002013-09-21T07:21:32.986+08:00CINEMALAYA 2013: THE FRONTRUNNERS<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span lang="EN-US">(NOTE:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This post only covers the five entries for the festival’s Directors
Showcase.)</span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">BEST
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Amor
Y Muerte</span></i><span lang="EN-US"> – A period film that takes an interesting look at the Filipino-Spanish relationship during the early stages of the Spanish colonization,
it examines the inherent conflicts that characterize the interaction: the “civilized,”
controlled manners of the Catholic Spaniards vis-a-vis the paganism of the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">indios</i> who succumb to earthly desires. Erotic
and visually enticing, it puts forth a bold representation of native women as horny
and carnal.</span><br />
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Ekstra</span></i><span lang="EN-US"> – A dramedy that chronicles the events in a day’s work-life of an
aging bit player, competently portrayed by screen superstar Vilma Santos, it
exposes the exploitative nature of TV production and the showbiz industry at
large. Coherently scripted, the film boasts crisp dialogues and a brilliant
ensemble cast.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Porno</span></i><span lang="EN-US"> – Arguably the most sexually explicit festival entry, the film
attempts to connect disparate episodes of a sadomasochism act gone bad; a
hitman killed in a hotel room; a porn dubber who doesn’t seem to know what to
do with his life and eventually suffers from a seizure; and a transgender haunted
by the “ghost” of her past, her son who rejects her. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Porno</i> is a graphic feast, but the central theme of pornography is
lost. The film endeavors to tell three-four stories but fails to piece them all
together with a linchpin that should have been anchored on its title. The last
episode is awkward and unrelated to the other episodes.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Sana
Dati</span></i><span lang="EN-US"> – A stuff that can easily make it to Star
Cinema’s pet projects, this is a tale about letting go and loving anew. A
woman, hours before her wedding, is reminded by a videographer of her one true
love, and undergoes a turmoil that threatens to disrupt the ceremony. The film’s
cinematography and somber mood reassure the viewers that this is still indie,
not just another potboiler. Overall, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Sana
Dati</i> is fine but doesn’t have much to say.</span><br />
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Liars</span></i><span lang="EN-US"> – Based on events from the 1992 Little League controversy, the film
explores how a journalist’s expose of irregularities affected the lives of a
baseball team of poor boys. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Liars</i> has
good intentions, but the script needs a little more tightening and the
direction needs more inspiration. The story is set in 2002, but the journalist
(Alessandra de Rossi) is using a touch-screen smartphone.</span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Frontrunners:
</span></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Ekstra</span></i><span lang="EN-US"> and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Amor Y Muerte</i></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Ekstra
</span></i><span lang="EN-US">has a coherent script, competently executed by its
director, and brilliantly acted by its cast. And it has a message to say. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Although some will question certain of
its assertions about history and women and doubt the filmmaker’s intentions in
zeroing in on eroticism, <i>Amor Y Muerte</i> lends some insight into the dynamics of
the Hispano-Filipino colonial relationship.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">BEST
DIRECTOR</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Frontrunners:
</span></b><span lang="EN-US">Jeffrey Jeturian (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Ekstra</i>), Adolfo B. Alix Jr. (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Porno</i>),
Ces Evangelista (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Amor Y Muerte</i>)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Note:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The script’s deficiencies didn’t hinder Alix from executing what the
scenes called for.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">BEST
ACTRESS</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Contenders:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span lang="EN-US">Vilma Santos (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Ekstra</i>), Althea Vega <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">(Amor Y Muerte)</i>, Angel Aquino <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">(Porno)</i>, Lovi Poe <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">(Sana Dati)</i>, Alessandra de Rossi <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">(Liars)</i>.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Frontrunner:
</span></b><span lang="EN-US">Vilma Santos.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Althea Vega seems dejected/bored all
throughout, Lovi Poe looks uninterested/uninspired, Alessandra de Rossi is
diffident and uncomfortable in her role as a journalist. Angel Aquino is
convincing as a tranny but her exposure is truncated, which takes away much substance
from her otherwise effortless acting. Vilma Santos, credible and effective as a
lowly bit player, is a winner hands-down. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">BEST
ACTOR</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Contenders:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span lang="EN-US">Markki Stroem <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">(Amor Y Muerte)</i>, Carlo Aquino <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">(Porno)</i>, Yul Servo <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">(Porno)</i>, Paulo<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b>Avelino <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">(Sana Dati)</i>, John Michael Bonapos <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">(Liars)</i></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Frontrunners:
</span></b><span lang="EN-US">A toss among Markki Stroem, Carlo Aquino, and John
Michael Bonapos.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Marrki Stroem, fairly a newbie in
acting, gives a surprisingly believable performance. Carlo Aquino is already a
decorated performer, but child actor John Michael Bonapos might just pull a surprise
win. Who knows?</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">BEST
SUPPORTING ACTRESS</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Contenders:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span lang="EN-US">Amable Quiambao <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">(Amor Y Muerte)</i>, Ruby Ruiz <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">(Ekstra)</i>, Tart Carlo <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">(Ekstra), </i>Sue Prado (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">(Liars)</i></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Frontrunners:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span lang="EN-US">A toss between
Amable Quiambao and Ruby Ruiz.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">BEST
SUPPORTING ACTOR</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Contenders:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span lang="EN-US">Moises Magisa <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">(Amor Y Muerte)</i>, Marlon Rivera <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">(Ekstra)</i>, Vincent de Jesus <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">(Ekstra)</i>, Bembol Roco <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">(Porno)</i>, TJ Trinidad <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">(Sana Dati)</i>, Jan Harley Hicana <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">(Liars)</i>, Richard Quan <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">(Liars)</i></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Frontrunner:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span lang="EN-US">Marlon Rivera</span><br />
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<![endif]--><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">By Randy Renier I. Espinoza</span></i> </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">I
watched <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Thy Womb</i> immediately after
its official MMFF run (This is a long-overdue review, actually), in one of the
few remaining cinemas that were still exhibiting the film. I would not pass up
a chance to watch it on the silver screen. There were a few reasons why. First,
the film was highly touted as a quality art film that had made the rounds of
some international film festivals. It was directed by Cannes-winning director
Brillante Mendoza. And it starred one of Philippine Cinema's screen legends, Nora Aunor. All
the news and hype promised a great cinematic experience.</span><br />
<a name='more'></a></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Written
by Henry Burgos, the film is an ethno-drama that chronicles the events in the
life of a Badjao couple who have been longing for a child of their own. Shalela
(Aunor), a midwife, is sterile and too old to give his husband, Bangas-An
(Bembol Roco), a child; the couple begin a search for a possible girl who will
agree to marry Bangas-An and bear him a child. The long search then ensues. The
answer to their quest comes in the person of Mersila (Lovi Poe), who is set to
change the couple’s lives forever as she sees to it that once she gives
Batangas-An a child, the latter shall leave Shalela for good. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Ethnographic”
Film</span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Interwoven
within the narrative of searching and finding, the film spends ample time
showing the daily routines of the couple as they start their day, cook their
meals, mount their banca to either go to a midwifery appointment or go fishing,
get wet and plunged into the depths of the sea as their <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">banca</i> capsizes, make mats (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">banig</i>).
Set in Tawi-Tawi, the story situates the couple’s activities of daily living
within the activities of the larger Badjao community. Shalela and Bangas-An are
seen mingling with the natives and partaking of some community affairs. In a
manner that is distinctly and characteristically Brillante Mendoza, the film
tries to make a realistic representation of the community by featuring real
Badjaos and showing snippets of their culture. Thus we see how the community
conduct their everyday living, centered around the sea, upon which they reside
and make a living. We experience, albeit vicariously, the market scene, the
mosques, Islamic rituals, and Islamic weddings. And then we see Shalela do her
midwifery duties, and then we get to see an actual childbirth and a real vagina
expanding to allow the release of a new-born baby. </span></div>
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as in most of Mendoza’s other features, we are treated to a handful of
extraneous shots that make us question the filmmaker’s intention in
interjecting them. There is a bull getting transported on a raft, that gets
tossed into the water when the raft overturns, and there are a few minutes
spent on the attempts to save the animal and bring it to safety. There is also
a scene where Shalela, apparently looking for a place of shelter when it
suddenly rains, comes to an abandoned house of worship, unmistakably a Catholic
one, and sees broken pieces of religious images. If this means the Muslims
crushing Catholicism, we don’t know. And there is the sporadic “popping up” of
men in camouflage, running around and causing a stir among the people, and some
gun shots coming out of nowhere. If this is a reference to armed conflict
between government forces and some Muslim groups, we don’t know and there is
never a hint as to the presence of Muslim guerilla groups. Is this a depiction
of the government forces asserting its presence in the community? The film is
vague on this. Interesting as they are, these “extras” do not really add up to
anything.</span></div>
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quasi-ethnographic film that documents as it were the lives of a Badjao couple
and the Badjao community in general. We get an impression that they are a simple,
quiet sea folks. The protagonists look the part and blend well with the
natives. The film could have made a stronger ethnographic case, though, had the
actors (especially Aunor and Roco) took the time to learn the language of the
locals and delivered their lines mainly in the vernacular. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">While
the film offers us a rare look at this group of Filipinos that we only know as
the sea gypsies, it doesn’t really have much to say about the people and their
aspirations. The community just seems a perfect backdrop for a story about a <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">komadrona</i> who, ironically, cannot bear a
child of her own and has taken it upon herself to find a way to satiate her
husband’s longing for a child, even if it means sharing her husband with the
potential child-bearer. The story of a barren midwife is not a new concept, and
the challenge is to add a twist or a garnish to it. And an ethnic flavor and
setting seems the best answer. The infertility concept is elevated into a
narrative for the Badjaos, a minority ethnic group. The film thus derives the
majority of its supposed significance and relevance from this ethnic quality
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juxtaposing the Badjao narrative with the narrative of an impending marital
conflict that will result from a complicated ménage a trios, the film secretly,
if not explicitly, attempts at greatness. It has a promising storyline that could
be one for the books; the final product, though, falls short of the
expectations. While the film is abundant with appropriate silent scenes -- a
trademark of indie films, of course – it, however, overindulges in pointless
interminable “blank” scenes where the protagonist couple are shown sailing in
the waters; catching fish; or sitting, staring into nothingness, waiting for
the rain to stop. Substantial rainfall shots do not even serve a metaphorical
purpose for the barren protagonist, Shalela.</span></div>
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the little knowledge we have of Tawi-Tawi, it gives us the impression that
Tawi-Tawi is a beautiful insular place known for its seafaring communities and colorful
vintas. What the film gives us, however, is a depiction that is mainly as dark
and blurry as its cinematography. Most shots are spotty, lack good contrast and
brightness. I personally believe that Tawi-Tawi offers more beauty than what the
film would like us to see.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The
film succeeds, though, in the acting department. The no-acting acting that is so
well loved in the indie world is here, with no less than Aunor, long been regarded
as the poster girl for restrained acting, spearheading the cast. Aunor, whose output in the last 20-plus years was generally not what would be described as superlative, gives her best portrayal in recent years. Her Shalela is more convincing than her role as a judge
in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Naglalayag</i> and is comparable
perhaps to her role as a mute in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Sidhi</i>. Aunor, delivers,
especially in her solo scenes where she, again, makes good use of her eyes to
express the character's emotions and state of mind. She owns the role as she looks like a real Badjao native. She shows some awkwardness, though, when speech
and body movements need to be utilized. Someone who has seen much of Aunor and
the way she speaks and moves in her public interviews sees a trace of Nora
Aunor, the person or the moviestar, in scenes where she does some talking and where
she moves or ambulates. </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The role of Shalela belongs to the same mold of roles
that are tailor-made for Aunor -- an underdog, a member of a marginalized
sector, or someone who has ethnic physical features – a role that is rather “safe”
or within her “comfort zone.” A role that fits her well, that it seems she’ll
never go wrong with it. Unlike her career-best performance in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Bona</i>, though, her Shalela lacks force
and redeeming factor. While Bona self-preserves at the end, Shalela stays
passive and accepts a sad future for herself. Although Aunor reminds us of her thespic prowess here, her Shalela does not surpass her at-her-peak performances,
in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s, and it is not outstanding enough to be called "great acting." She may be a more-than-satisfactory Shalela, but the lukewarm reception from the
public is perhaps an indication that she is lacking something.
Perhaps it’s high time Aunor reinvented herself and challenged herself more with
offbeat roles that will give the public a reason to rediscover her brilliance
on screen.</span></div>
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Roco reaffirms himself as an actor. His Bangas-An is the film’s most forceful
performance and is in the league of his best performances during his hey-days
with Lino Brocka. He is on point in every scene and is so much into his
character and never strays away from it. We see in him his love for his wife,
but we also feel the greater passion to realize his longing for a child of his
own. We feel his pain when Mersila tells him he has to leave his wife when she gets
pregnant, but he doesn’t have a choice but to accept her terms.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Mercedes
Cabral appears here but doesn’t really </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">act</span>. She plays the bride of a Badjao groom
and her efforts are limited to dancing and a few lines. It is Lovi Poe that lends
freshness to the film. She appears in three scenes only, but her presence is
both remarkable and too abbreviated, two factors that make it more unforgettable.
It is when she appears that the story suddenly becomes interesting, too
interesting, actually, that I dare say that the story could have taken a more complex
turn if it had cut many activities-of-daily-living scenes and introduced
Mersila midway and given her more screen presence. By doing that, the
production could have justified putting Poe side by side with Aunor on the
movie poster. Mersila’s presence is so beguiling that its very transience makes
the audience clamor for more. Her short but pivotal talk with Bangas-An that reveals her cunning character and the
scene where she is giving birth, her face pregnant with expressions of varied emotions and laden with thoughts running through her mind amidst labor pains, are enough to stand out and steal the scenes from Roco
and Aunor. Hence when the story suddenly ends with Aunor looking out the
window and into the distant scenery, the audience's reaction is “’Yun na ‘yun?!” Just
when the story has just really started.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Brillante has given us some noteworthy work, but this is not one of his best efforts.</span></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> Thy Womb</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> lacks
many elements that make a great film. It doesn’t really give the audience a coherent narrative on the plight of the Badjaos or a deeper understanding of Islam as a
religion and how it governs the lives of its believers. I don’t know much about
Islam, but I am ambivalent about the logic or reasons that inform Shalela’s
decision to please her husband even at the expense of her own happiness. In
this day and age, are Muslim women still too subservient to their husbands that
they will even help find second wives for them just so they can have children? Feminists
will, no doubt, scowl at the idea. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The
film could have done the Badjaos and our Muslim brothers a favor had it offered
a more optimistic and empowered depiction of the community and their women, and had it painted a more beautiful and vibrant vista of Tawi-Tawi. An
indie film doesn’t have to be pessimistic all the time, and all throughout.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">I am no fan of Robert Ludlum’s
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Bourne</i> series and I couldn’t care less
about the first three installments of the film franchise, that’s why I don’t
have a vague idea of what the series is all about. But I had to see the fourth movie,
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Bourne Legacy</i>, because it
features Manila and El Nido, Palawan, one of the most dazzling beaches in the
Philippines. After all, it is only the second Hollywood movie which shot substantial
portions of its scenes in the country. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Apocalypse
Now, </i>a 1979 epic war film starring the great Marlon Brando, was shot in the
Philippines, which subbed as Vietnam. It was in the award-winning film that Pagsanjan
Falls was showcased as site for some of the movie’s memorable scenes.</span><br />
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The Bourne Legacy</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> was shot
in a number of locations, but all I’m interested in were the scenes that
involved the Philippines. Okay. Yes, the movie was a typical Hollywood
action-suspense flick with enough action and chase scenes to delight the
audience. Jeremy Renner turns out to be a better lead than Matt Damon (although,
again, I didn’t watch his installments) and has the physicality to play the
part convincingly, and he manages to come off as cute in some scenes. Rachel
Weisz is a darling, pulled the emotional scenes off quite well. </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The sci-fi thing is interesting, the meds and stuff, but
what I just don’t particularly get is the rationale for the genetic
modification program and the coldblooded nonchalance of the CIA in
exterminating its assets and everybody remotely related to, or involved in, the
program. Perhaps that’s just the human in me talking, or perhaps it’s just a
product of being a Third World citizen of the world, who is not exposed to the
ins and outs of such clandestine operations and high-tech stuff. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">I’m also perplexed as to how America can just so easily
track fugitives and ask other governments and police organizations to search
for people on their behalf. Specifically, the movie shows how frantically
Manila police officers go after the two fugitives, as soon as they receive orders
from the U.S. Is it just that the scriptwriter is exaggerating, or is it really
that the U.S. actually, really, and still, has the commanding presence and
dominance over all state-nations? Can Vietnam request the same from the
Philippine police and get the same extraordinarily quick response? On the other
hand, the way the two fugitives outwit and outrun the CIA and eventually the Thai
“supersoldier” and literally a whole police department is, well, an exaggeration that’s all
meant to serve the box-office aspirations of the flick, and the happy ending is
just a fitting finale to an action -packed theatrical production.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On a Manila street with the famed Philippine <i>jeepney</i> in the background</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">And finally, to a Filipino like me, who always takes
pride in anything that the Filipino achieves in the global arena, does <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Bourne </i>make me feel proud? Well, yes and
no. No, because the movie features the dark side of the metropolis, it exposes
its underbelly for everyone to see and dissect. It zooms in on the slums, the seedy
city alleys, the lower-class city denizens, the unsophisticated city establishments.
And I don’t want that, of course. That would be a generalized view, a
misrepresentation of the progress that the government is hyping about. I want
the world to know that the country also has sophisticated and beautiful city scapes </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Yes, I also feel proud to a certain extent, because
finally a major Hollywood production (Let’s face it, America still lords it over
the whole world) has again featured the country and a handful of our actors,
who played bit parts. Never mind that the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Pinoy</i>
security guards (prominently John Arcilla) speak English with a twang (which
is, of course, a little weird, because most Filipino security guards don’t speak
good English, much less with passable accent) and the meds seller, talking to a
white foreigner, speaks to her in the vernacular (which is, again, laughable
because a typical Filipino, no matter how little education she had, talking to
a Caucasian will try very hard to converse in English). No matter how small the
parts or the scenes are, or no matter how squalid the depiction is, it’s still
exposure, isn’t it?</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">I shake my head as I see the familiar sights, but I can’t
help thinking, well, that’s really Manila that I’m seeing. That’s reality;
that represents a greater majority of the metropolis. And come to think of it,
no matter how ugly the setting is, the cinematography makes it look even less
ugly. So why should I cry foul at something that’s an honest, realistic representation
of the city? After all, there’s a saving grace in the final frames, where the
movie shows the beautiful El Nido, although one can say that the beauty is just
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at promoting the Philippines more than the Department of Tourism and President
PNoy himself. And the promotion is stripped of overhyping and exaggerations.
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">If Prince William is seen as an iconoclast in a positive
sense, who is said to have broken the mold by coming off as a charming royal, the antithesis of the aloofness that has characterized British royalty, and thereby brought the monarchy closer to the people, Prince
Harry has always been considered the wild one. The younger of the two children
of Princess Diana has figured in scandals before, but his recent foray into the
epicurean lifestyle may yet be the most shocking of all. Just hours ago, photos
of the prince in the most unflattering of situations leaked in the Web. Rumor has it that Harry was partying hard with some companions in his Las Vegas hotel
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royalty generates a feeding frenzy for the media and the public, and once again
the British monarchy will be subjected to public scrutiny. We’re amazed by how
the Queen, her son Prince Charles, and her grandson Prince William have managed
to keep the monarchy intact amidst criticisms, and how they have carried
themselves remarkably well in public. Then here comes Prince Harry. Is he an
iconoclast who will, albeit not on his own volition, bring down the House of Windsor?
Perhaps not. Perhaps he just wants to be normal and party like any grownup man should.
Perhaps he got that rebel in him from her mom, who, despite trying very hard to
keep up, later fought for her happiness outside and away from the shadows of her royal past. Perhaps weary of his royal obligations, which include strict adherence to established protocol and a sense of propriety, he just wants to enjoy life away
from the public eye. It’s just unfortunate that the “privacy” of his hotel
suite didn’t give him that, and people would not let him enjoy even one night
of uninhibited fun. Not that the obscene cavorting Harry engaged in is perfectly all right, but everyone at one point in their life is entitled to experience some measure of fun. It's just too bad his popularity undid him.If that's really Harry in those photos.</span>RRI Espinozahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02975237646688823558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7302463225796252982.post-34266068618561434602012-08-13T13:05:00.000+08:002013-03-11T12:34:27.903+08:00Film Review: The Healing<div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">"The Healing</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">" Heals, Unheals</span></b></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">by Randy Renier I. Espinoza</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">The camera pans across the interiors of the
antiquated house, taking in close-up shots of <i>santos,</i> herbal meds, and
healing paraphernalia, hovering over the wounds and diseases of the people, all
clad in white, waiting to get healed by Manang Elsa, herself a haunting
presence, and there’s the enchanting landscape view of the mountains that serve
as the backdrop for the activity that’s taking place. This is a strong opening
scene for the film, a promising setting that transports the viewers to an
exotic world, that eerie folk quality that can only be seen and experienced in
the rural Philippines. I even heard someone from the audience gasp, “Parang
Hollywood ah,” perhaps referring to the quality of the cinematography.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">A day later after the
“healing,” Seth (Vilma Santos) discovers that her ailing father has been
miraculously healed after their visit with Manang Elsa. Neighbors soon talk to
Seth and arrange a healing trip to Manang Elsa’s place. What follows is a
series of healings for a speech-impaired, a wife with breast cancer, a
policeman with psoriasis, a blind child, a woman whose hopes of returning to Dubai
gets jeopardized by a dermatitis type of disorder, even a young lady with renal
failure, and a few others who manage to get healing sessions with Manang Elsa
on that fateful day. The healings get reversed, though, as each character who
got healed ends up getting brutally killed, that is after indulging in horrid,
cold-blooded killings themselves.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">It turns out, moments after
Seth’s father’s healing session, Manang Elsa has brought to life an already
dead soul, that of Dario, that which should not have been resurrected, who
later killed Manang Elsa herself and her brother’s wife. To compensate for, and
also to consummate, Dario’s resurrection, all those who Manang Elsa heals after
the resurrection of the dead, hence all those who got healings on the day of
the arranged mass trip, will have to die. And one by one, they die, albeit
violently. Dario’s resurrection is almost complete as the last healed
character, Cookie (Kim Chiu), is on the verge of getting Seth killed, and
eventually, herself, when Dario, detained in jail, gets shot by Manang Elsa’s
brother. The curse stops as Dario’s borrowed life dies.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;"></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">Promising Concept</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;"></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">The film starts with a
promising concept, that of the Filipino tradition of faith healing, and the
cinematic elements all create that haunting aura that characterizes folk
culture. Unfortunately, though, the promise ends there. Instead of exploring
the mystical nature of folk medicine and our local <i>albularyos</i> as the
central theme of the story, the film adopts a foreign horror concept, <i>doppelganger</i>,
and makes it the pivotal horror-eliciting tool. The Philippines has a wealthy
arsenal of mythical concepts and characters. The story could have used <i>kulam</i>,
<i>barang</i>, <i>tawas</i>, and others, and interweaved them to come up with a
more Filipino narrative that goes neatly with the “faith healing” concept.
Instead, it opts to just make faith healing a jumping board to launch a series
of violent killings by <i>doppelgangers</i>. Chito Roño could have taken
inspiration from his own previous films, <i>Feng Shui</i> and <i>Sukob</i>, in
which he relied heavily on Filipino mythical lore and cultural elements to come
up with a type of horror that’s Pinoy.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">With its exploitation of the <i>doppelganger</i>
concept, then, the story tracks each evil twin as it cuts a throat; stabs and
beheads a husband; lacerates to death himself, life partner, and others
with the use of a glass shard; burns to death herself after throwing people
from the upper floors of a dormitory; massacres helpless patrons in a raided
gay brothel. Most disturbing, perhaps, is the child <i>doppelganger</i> who
massacres a slew of monks amidst a solemn temple ceremony, jumps from the
temple roof, and gets skewered by a pole. The film, then, is not the tolerable
suspense-thriller where you get jolted because you get frightened by a scene,
but it is that type of suspense-thriller where you’re on the edge of your seat
because you’re just bewildered by the brutality and nonchalance by which the
killings are done, the type of movie that children should be discouraged to watch.
The film should have utilized more of subtle scenes where real screams and
shouts are elicited from the viewers more by the less innocuous, less gory
scenes, the times Seth encounters the crows or the <i>doppelgangers</i> just
before they do their evil acts, for example. The latter scenes where Seth gets
chased, injured, and almost killed by Cookie are also reminders that less blood
is more effective.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">One weakness of the story is
the naviete and passiveness of the characters. Seth, who witnesses all these horrific
events, is told by Manang Elsa’s brother that she is the key to the end of the
cursed deaths, since she is the one who referred them to Manang Elsa.
Unfortunately, though, Seth sees the sinister double of each cursed character
but, one way or another, she has no clue, doesn’t know what to make of that
warning, only later does she realize that soon after that ominous doppelganger
appears before her very eyes, something bad will happen. But even the
characters themselves, when faced with their evil twins, are clueless and
helpless, thus their eventual deaths. Had Seth’s character and others were only
more proactive, they could have broken the curse early enough. Of course, the
movie would not have been interesting if there was no protracted suffering. But
at least, Seth should have been more involved in the process of stopping the
curse, not just a helpless witness. She’s naïve to think that she can kill
Dario by bringing him poisoned food, which she eventually threw away anyway.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">There are also some bits of
questions that linger in my mind. Why does Seth’s ex-husband, who has a
daughter with his current wife, have custody of their son when it’s implied
that Seth is even more successful career-wise? Why does the character who got
beheaded live in humble living conditions when practically he is the wittiest
of the lot, the one who spews terms that can only be attributed to someone
who’s learned? Is he nerd gone astray? Why the bland name Seth, which is
an uncommon female name, which also doesn’t jibe with her rather weak
character? Elsa, which is the name of Nora Aunor’s Himala faith healer
character? Val, Seth’s ex-hubby, is reminiscent of another character from
Vilma’s past movie. Maybe the writer should have been more creative with such
minor details.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;"></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">Powerhouse Acting</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;"></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">One remarkable fact about the
film, though, is the outstanding cast. Vilma Santos, the star of the
film, fits the character to a T. She easily exudes the passiveness that the
script requires. Although she’s not really a horror actress, her subtle
movements and expressions prove that one does not need to scream at the top of
her lungs to make the audience shriek in suspense. Especially notable are
dramatic moments where she is feeling guilt, helpless. This may not give her an
award, but it will lend variety to her already impressive body of work. One
thing, though: The director should have noticed that she looks Vilma, the star,
in many scenes, that he should have made an extra effort to change her look and
clothes. </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">The supporting cast is superb.
Every character is made remarkable by the way the individual actors breathed
life into their roles. There are icebreakers here and there from the characters
of Robert Arevalo and Pokwang, who manage to pull some laughs from the
audience. Janice de Belen is touching as the cursed child's mother. This is one
film that boasts of a powerhouse ensemble acting.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;"></span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;">The Healing</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH;"> may not be the best Pinoy horror-suspense movie, but it’s still an
addition to the list of quality horror-suspense movies a fan of the genre
should watch. And if only for the acting and the presence of Vilma Santos, who
rarely makes movies nowadays and who’s celebrating her golden anniversary in
showbiz, people should watch it. The movie’s box-office strength augurs good
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