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Pinoy Sunday

A Window on Asian Cinema

Road Movie · Adventure · Social Criticism · Comedy · Labor

  • CountryTaiwan,Philippines,Japan,France
  • Production Year2009
  • Running Time84min
  • Format35mm
  • ColorCOLOR
Program Note
[Pinoy Sunday] is a black comedy depicting a ruckus involving Filipino migrant workers in Taiwan and a leather sofa. Manuel and Dado work on a bicycle assembly line, troubling themselves about women. On their day off, however, the pair happens upon a recently discarded leather sofa. They devote themselves to hiking it back to their home with no means of transportation. And so begins a troublesome, yet hilarious, journey. To Manuel and Dado the sofa symbolizes the peaceful home. Nonetheless, its meaning differs depending upon where it is. Like the hassle of getting it back home, there are hardships in being happy; happiness comes when such burden is unloaded. For this reason, it is very significant to watch the pair sitting in peace at home after giving up on the sofa, allowing it to be swept away on the river. Even though [Pinoy Sunday], directed by Ho Wi Ding, touches on the uneasy lives of migrant workers, it talks about the universality of life from a particular viewpoint-his attempt to deal with those “chasing happiness.” (KIM Ji-seok)
Director
Director
HO Wi Ding
Muar, Malaysia native Ho Wi Ding is a graduate of the NYU film department and currently lives in Taipei. His filmography includes the shorts [Summer Afternoon](2008), the award-winning [Respire](2005), and [Still](2000), and television documentaries [Man Behind Giant](for the Discovery Channel) and [Museum Without Walls]. [Pinoy Sunday] is his feature directorial debut.
Credit
  • Director
    HO Wi Ding
  • ProducerGus ADAPON
    Chih Hsin HU
    HO Widing
  • CastEpy QUIZON
    Bayani AGBAYANI
    Meryll SORIANO
    Alessandra de ROSSI
  • ScreenplayAjay Balakrishnan
  • CinematographyJake Pollock
  • Production DesignLEE Yufang
  • EditorHSU Weiyao
  • SoundTU Duu-chih
  • MusicTSAI Yaojen
  • Production CompanyChanghe Films
    widing69@hotmail.com
  • World SalesGood Films Workshop
    ritachuang@hotmail.com
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