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