70-year-old
Virginia (Elizabeth Oropesa) shares
the old ancestral house with Delia (Lotlot
de Leon), her ever-loyal maid. Delia is marrying her long-time boyfriend,
Rene, and tearfully confides to Virginia that she wants to go home to her
parents in the province to start a new family life with him. Haunted by a past
that Virginia tries to conquer—her only son Sonny Boy who disappeared years
ago, what follows shows a portrait of a woman and a mother trying to juggle the
sad realities of life in a cycle of life and death.
Direk
Adolf talks about the birth of this unique story about the struggle in a life
of a mother. “Minsan napag-usapan namin
nung writer ko yung idea na kung namatay
yung anak mo, may closure ka. Pero
kung nawawala lang siya, paano mo
tatanggapin yung idea na isang araw makasalubong mo siya or isang araw baka mabalitaan mo na wala na
siya.” He continues, “Pero wala akong
personal experience sa mga bagay na ‘yon.
Nagka-interes lang ako dahil napaka-rich
nung ganitong situation.”
Elizabeth
Oropesa plays the role of Virginia, the homeowner of the ancestral home that
sits on a faultline. “[It’s] a very interesting character. I’ve never had any
character like this. Maraming masalimuot
na iniikutan yung character. Parang
love story namin ni Lotlot ito. May
boyfriend siya pero ayaw niya kong iwan
ever at siya rin mahal na mahal ko, parang pamilya ko na at parang iniisip ko hanggang sa mamatay ako ay siya na yung
kasama ko.”
The
loyal househelper Delia portrayed by Lotlot de Leon talks about the other
perspective of the film. “Dito sa
pelikulang ito makikita niyo ang realidad ng buhay, kung paano talaga magmahal
at mag-alaga ang isang kasambahay, at kung paano rin siya mahalin ng
pinagsisilbihan niya.”
The 2nd Sinag Maynila Film Festival will run from April 21 to 26, 2016 in select SM Cinemas. For more updates,
log on to http://sinagmaynilafilmfestival.com/, on Facebook via SinagMaynila,
Twitter and Instagram via @sinagmaynila. Subscribe also to the official Sinag Maynila Youtube
Account: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmZPI6kPKUCsbim9e_qByNQ. The roster of SMFF 2016 films also includes EXPRESSWAY by Ato Bautista, LILA by Gino M. Santos, DYAMPER by Mes De Guzman, and T.P.O. by Jay Altarejos.
Conceptualized and
helmed by CEO and Founder Wilson Tieng,
together with world-renowned and internationally acclaimed film director Brillante Mendoza, Sinag Maynila gives grants to independent filmmakers so they can
develop their individual material to a full-length film for public exhibition. Five chosen filmmakers closely
collaborated with Tieng and Mendoza. This collaboration resulted in stories that reflect
the Filipino culture while
illustrating messages that will resonate globally.
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