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Lisbon & Estoril Film Festival

Archives

Edition 2016

Films

Official Selection - Out of Competition

Crew:

Director: Lav Diaz
Screenplay: Lav Diaz (inspired by the short story God Sees the Truth, But Waits by Leo Tolstoy
DOP: Lav Diaz
Production: Sine Olivia Pilipinas, Cinema One Originals

The Woman Who Left

A film by Lav Diaz

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Horacia has spent the last 30 years of her life in a women's correctional facility. A former elementary school teacher, she leads a quiet existence helping others practice reading and writing. When another inmate confesses to the original crime, Horacia is released and seeks out her estranged family. While searching for her missing son Junior, she rediscovers her homeland - the Philippines of the late 90s, only to realize that its inhabitants are terrorized by corruption and rampant kidnappings. Her generous personality becomes tainted by feelings of revenge...

  • Cast:

    Charo Santos-Concio, John Lloyd Cruz, Michael De Mesa

  • Original Title:

    Ang Babaeng Humayo

  • Country:

    Philippines

  • Year:

    2015
  • 226’

Crew:

Director: Lav Diaz
Screenplay: Lav Diaz (inspired by the short story God Sees the Truth, But Waits by Leo Tolstoy
DOP: Lav Diaz
Production: Sine Olivia Pilipinas, Cinema One Originals

Director

Lav Diaz

Lav Diaz is a filmmaker from the Philippines, focused on the social and political struggles of his motherland. He is especially notable for the length of his films, some of which run for up to eleven hours. Since 1998 he has directed twelve films, and won several international awards, such as the Golden Leopard and FIPRESCI Prize at Locarno for From What Is Before (2014), the Alfred Bauer Award at the Berlinale for A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery (2016) and the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival for his latest film, The Woman Who Left.

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