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The film received mixed reviews from critics, with criticism mostly directed towards its pacing and confusing narrative. [8] Guy Lodge of Variety states in his review that "A major disappointment from a major filmmaker, Diaz's latest super-sized tapestry of historical fact, folklore and cine-poetry is typically ambitious in its expressionism—but sees the helmer venturing into the kind of ...
Ang Larawan, internationally released as The Portrait (Japanese: ある肖像画, Hepburn: Aru Shōzō-ga), is a 2017 Philippine musical film directed by Loy Arcenas.. Based on the 1997 stage play, Larawan which in turn was based on the 1950 literary play A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino by National Artist Nick Joaquin, the film takes place in 1941 just before World War II in a mansion in ...
She was left heartbroken after catching her Japanese boyfriend cheating with a Filipino-Japanese woman, and went blind. [13] Empoy Marquez as Tonyo, a fellow Filipino who lives across the street from Lea. Marquez portrayed the character which, according to co-producer Piolo Pascual, was specifically written for Marquez. Pascual had expressed ...
Compared to the more rigid literature of the Spanish era, the American period saw the popularity of the "free verse" in the Philippines, allowing for flexible poetry, prose, and other wordcraft. [2] The introduction of the English language was also of equal importance, as it became one of the most common languages that Filipino writers would ...
Philippine literature in English has its roots in the efforts of the United States, then engaged in a war with Filipino nationalist forces at the end of the 19th century. By 1901, public education was institutionalized in the Philippines , with English serving as the medium of instruction.
In one of the press conferences for the film's release, Tarog noted that the film took minor creative liberties such as Antonio Luna's frequent usage of the Filipino profanity such as the word putang ina (roughly translated as "son of a bitch") in the film in an effort to connect the film to the Filipino millennial generation which was the film ...
Diary ng Panget (lit. ' Diary of an Ugly Person ') (also known as Diary ng Panget: The Movie) is a 2014 Filipino romantic comedy film based on the best-selling novel of the same name written and published on Wattpad by Denny R. [1] [2] [6] The film was directed by Andoy Ranay and stars Nadine Lustre, James Reid, Yassi Pressman, and Andre Paras.
Sana Maulit Muli (lit. ' Hope It Happens Again ') is a 1995 Filipino romantic drama film co-written and directed by Olivia M. Lamasan.Starring Lea Salonga and Aga Muhlach, this film is their second film together after the 1992 romantic melodrama film, Bakit Labis Kitang Mahal.