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Kinatay

Special Programs in Focus

Crime/Violence · Social Criticism · Labor

CountryPhilippines
Production Year2009
Running Time105min
Format35mm
ColorCOLOR

Program Note

Winner of this year’s the best director award at Cannes. Pepping, who helps scoundrels for petty cash, lands a big gig to make money for his wedding. He is supposed to abduct a prostitute who didn’t pay her loans and teach her a lesson, but it turns into a murder case. [Kinatay] unkindly disturbs its audiences with excessive brutality, crude and dim imagery, nerve-breaking noises, which may be a part of the reality director Mendoza wanted to render.

Director

Brillante MENDOZA

Born in San Fernando, Philippines, Brillante Mendoza started his career as a production designer of TV commercials and feature films after studying commercials at the University of Santo Tomas, in Manila. For his first feature film, Masahista (2005), he jointly received the Golden Leopard Award at the Locarno International Film Festival. After that, he was received many awards at international film festivals for his films such as Summer Heat (2006), Manoro (2006), Slingshot (2007), and Kinatay (2009) screened in Competition at Cannes 2009.

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