The seventh feature film by the Filipino filmmaker Paul Soriano – “Mañanita”, had its world premiere in the Rebels with a Cause section of PÖFF – Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival.
In this slow-burning revenge drama that was written by Lav Diaz, a former sergeant and sniperist Edilberta Agawin seeks revenge for the murder of her parents and violence she endured the night of their death. After having been discharged from the army for health reasons, with her face heavily scarred by burns, she is condemned to solitude and boredom, sinking in alcoholism until the moment she hears news of her tormentors’ whereabouts.
She sets on the road to deal with the gang of four former drug dealers with her souvenir from the army – the sniper she never parted from.
Asian Movie Pulse sat down to talk to the director Paul Soriano about the unusual true life story that inspired him for...
In this slow-burning revenge drama that was written by Lav Diaz, a former sergeant and sniperist Edilberta Agawin seeks revenge for the murder of her parents and violence she endured the night of their death. After having been discharged from the army for health reasons, with her face heavily scarred by burns, she is condemned to solitude and boredom, sinking in alcoholism until the moment she hears news of her tormentors’ whereabouts.
She sets on the road to deal with the gang of four former drug dealers with her souvenir from the army – the sniper she never parted from.
Asian Movie Pulse sat down to talk to the director Paul Soriano about the unusual true life story that inspired him for...
- 12/4/2019
- by Marina D. Richter
- AsianMoviePulse
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