alr

Butterflies Have No Memories
(Walang alaala ang mga paru-paro)

Director in Person
$12 Special Event Tickets
Directed by Lav Diaz.
With Willy Fernandez, John Elbert Ferrer, Lois Goff.
Philippines, 2009, digital video, color, 59 min.
Filipino and Tagalog with English subtitles.

The sudden closing of a gold mine leaves a rural community stranded. The newly unemployed miners spend their days drinking and pondering what to do, until the daughter of one of the mine’s owners shows up. Diaz here shows us his ability to condense storytelling and critique into an hour that feels both dilatory and dense.

PRECEDED BY

  • Prologue to the Great Desaparecido (Prologo sa ang dakilang desaparacido)

    Directed by Lav Diaz.
    With Hazel Orencio, Archie Alemania, Noel Santo Domingo.
    Philippines, 2013, DCP, black & white, 31 min.
    Filipino and Tagalog with English Subtitles.

The “disappeared one” of the title refers to Andres Bonifacio, considered the instigator of the revolution against Spanish rule, whose body was never found after his execution in 1897. This short serves to announce Diaz’s ambitions to make a film about Bonifacio’s death and his legacy.

Part of film series

Read more

Life in Real Time
The Cinema of Lav Diaz

Current and upcoming film series

Read more

The Reincarnations of Delphine Seyrig

Read more

Rosine Mbakam, 2025 McMillan-Stewart Fellow