MANILA -- Cinemalaya 2019 opened on a day when strong monsoon rains were causing floods in several areas in Metro Manila.
The opening film this year is Lav Diaz's "Ang Hupa" in its Philippine premiere, even as it had its world premiere in no less than the Cannes film festival's Director's Fortnight in May earlier this year. Everybody was praying that the floods would subside so they could go to the CCP and watch, and thankfully they did.
Meanwhile, the film followed the stories of some people who survived and lost their whole families to the Dark Killer flu epidemic three years before. Hook Torollo Sr. was an anosognostic ex-soldier, ex-band musician, now working for an underground movement against the Navarra government.
Still, Magdayao shot several different scenes simply walking in the pouring rain carrying some stuff in one hand and her umbrella in the other. There were some nude lesbian sex scenes which lasted longer than they needed to. There were long sequence of presidential boytoy Mennen Reyes diving, swimming in the rain and taking a steamy shower, while the president was watching.
While in his previous films Diaz made use of a lot of metaphors, he was quite direct to the point here. Lamangan's over-the-top portrayal of Navarra was obviously a comical caricature of a certain real-life president. Navarra believed he was a pre-destined to be president ever since he was a child. He did not like big English words in his speeches. He hated the Westerners and their condescension against Asia. He was a fan of the late President Marcos. He was devoted to his mother .
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