Spanning from 1971 to 1987, in rural areas under the Marcos regime, a poor farming family struggle to overcome challenges brought on by corruption and greed for power.
Direction
Lav Diaz's punishing long takes that refuse to let you look away.
Cinematography
Black-and-white rural landscapes that breathe and suffer.
Acting
Pen Medina's silent suffering says everything.
Director
Lav Diaz
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Diaz shot this over 11 years on actual film stock, financing it through odd jobs when money ran dry.
Banned in the Philippines during early screenings; now taught in universities as essential post-Marcos cinema.
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