Culion Teaser and First Batch of Ad Camapign Posters Released

Culion, written by Ricky Lee and directed by Alvin Yapan, is set in the 1940s and tells the story of 3 women – played by Iza Calzado, Jasmine Curtis-Smith, and Meryll Soriano – who are living with Hansen's disease in the leper colony of Culion.

The film has been submitted to the 2019 Metro Manila Film Festival, where 4 more films have yet to be selected to complete its lineup. 

John Lloyd Cruz can be seen at the end of the film’s teaser trailer, which was released online on September 30.

John Lloyd’s role in the film has yet to be revealed, though producer Shandi Bacolod told at the ad campaign launch of Culion, that he will be playing a “very important role,” and that his character will be connected to Meryll’s. 

Check out My Movie World's video coverage below as cast, writer, director and producer share details in filming Culion.

This is as much the story of three women as it is the story of Culion. In the 1940s, Anna, Doris, and Ditas are three leper patients who live in Culion at a time when the disease is practically a life sentence. No cure has yet been found, and no one is allowed to leave. You live and die there. It is why the place is called the Land of the Living Dead. Anna (Iza Calzado) never loses hope that soon a cure will be found, even when her baby is taken away from her. Doris (Jasmine Curtis-Smith) believes in the myth that a beautiful diwata will soon heal the place. Ditas (Meryll Soriano) keeps attempting to kill herself, helpless against the onslaught of memories from the outside world. Together the three friends try to negotiate a life of stigma that seesaws between hope and despair, redefining their roles as women, mother, friend, and human being. In the end they prove that neither disease nor death can erase their humanity and their capacity to endure.

 Starring: Iza Calzado, Meryll Soriano, Joem Bascon, Mike Liwag, and Jasmine Curtis-Smith 

Directed by Alvin Yapan 

Written by Ricky Lee 

Produced by Team MSB and iOptions Ventures

The first batch of Ad Campaign Posters Has Been Released As Well Last September 30, 2019