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In the late 1970s, a military-controlled militia is oppressing a remote village in the Philippine jungle. The uniformed men armed with machine guns are responsible for spreading a terror that is both physical and psychological in nature. However, the fearless young doctor Lorena opens a clinic for the poor. She disappears without a trace shortly afterwards. Her husband, the poet, activist and teacher Hugo Haniway, wants to find out the truth of his wife’s whereabouts.
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Cast:
Piolo Pascual, Shaina Magdayao, Bituin Escalante -
Original Title:
Ang panahon ng halimaw -
Country:
Philippines -
Year:
2018 - 234' Subtitles: Portuguese
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.
