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Vic Sotto and Piolo Pascual take on powerful dramatic roles in the highly anticipated MMFF 2024 entry ‘The Kingdom’ culture, traditions, economy, government, and society. This is the vision explored in the new film The Kingdom, starring Piolo Pascual and Vic Sotto, which is an official entry to this year’s Metro Manila Film Festival.
“That’s the very first scene of the entire film. Technically, that was the hardest. Other than that, any scene involving the whole family — because the dynamics, I think, are the most complicated to direct. Because everything else is technical,” the director went on. Pascual shared his thoughts on his role in The Kingdom, saying, “Sulo’s pain runs deep, which is why he didn’t make it to the kingdom. That’s where his bitterness and anger stem from. In his life, it’s as if… there’s nothing here, no identity. You’ll see that he’s really not part of society.”
Sotto described his character, Lakan Makisig, the king of the kingdom. “Lakan is caught between two worlds—the world of tradition, heritage, and culture, and the world of family.
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