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19 October 2005 (Philippines)
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tMF Perspectives: Brilliante Mendoza's Kinatay & The Current State of Philippine Cinema (Part 1)
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tMF Perspectives: Brilliante Mendoza's Kinatay & The Current State of Philippine Cinema (Part 1)
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Cast
(Credited cast)| Coco Martin | ... | Iliac | |
| Jacklyn Jose | ... | Naty | |
| Allan Paule | ... | Alfredo / Marina Hidalgo | |
| Katherine Luna | ... | Tessa | |
| Paolo Rivero | ... | Andrew | |
| Kristoffer King | ... | Lester |
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The Masseur (International: English title) (New Zealand: English title) (festival title) (Philippines: English title) (USA)
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Philippines:76 min | Canada:80 min (Toronto International Film Festival)
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this movie really impressed me, there's a lot going on here. the structure is extremely cunning, the manipulation of time is not pointless as with so many contemporary art films, there is a real payoff, in fact the disruption of temporal unity is here a very subtle instrument with very definite and easily understood and appreciated reasons for the film playing out this way. there are a number of unforgettable scenes and sequences, very touching ones, very clever ones, very meaningful. the basic idea of the movie is so ... daring and deep . . . the filmmakers almost revel in the poverty of budget the image quality is tenuous at times to great effect. this is not just another lurid Filipino/gay melodrama, it's not terribly titillating for that matter. it's in a higher class than the wonderful lino brocka movies, and like him the essence here is . .. a sort of dark tenderness, a sad love. fantastic film.