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Affliction

14th(2009) A Window on Asian Cinema

Rural · Urbanization · Horror/Gore  

  • CountryPhilippines
  • Production Year2008
  • Running Time95min
  • Format DV
  • ColorCOLOR
Program Note
Suffering from an unknown illness, Amor returns home from the city, but the village doctors are at a loss for what to do. At the same time, the livestock of the village falls to death and eventually people as well. A witch doctor diagnoses her illness as not a disease but a curse?a curse that transforms human beings into Yanggaw, a monster who lives on human flesh and blood. Based on the Yanggaw myth from the Philippines, the film doesn’t deal with the usual genre elements like the progress or cure of the curse, but concentrates on the distrust and indiscriminate violence which devours the village after Yanggaw sneaks in. As a victim as well as a predator, it evokes terror by making human beings look helplessly on the gradual breakdown of humanity. This unique horror film pursues the influence of terror rather than the origin of it. (CHO Young-jung)
Director
Director
Richard SOMES
Richard Villarosa Somes was born in 1977. He has a B.S. in Marine Transportation from JBLCF. He won best director at the 25th PMPC Star Awards (2009) for his film [Yanggaw]. He has worked as an art director, production designer, music video director, and has directed many commercials for television.
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Credit
  • Director Richard SOMES 리차드 소메스
  • Producer Ronald ARGUELLES
  • Cast Ronnie LAZARO, Aleera MONTALLA, Joel TORRE, Tetchie AGBAYANI
  • Screenplay Richard SOMES, Dwight GASTON
  • Cinematography Hermann CLARAVALL, Lyle SACRIS
  • Production Design Michael
  • Editor Borgy TORRE
  • Sound Joey SANTOS
  • Music Von DE GUZMAN
  • Production Company Creative Programs, Inc. (CPI)
    8F., Elj Communications Center Bldg., Eugenio Lopez Drive, Quezon City 1103 Philippines
    ourcinema@gmail.com, ronald_arguelles@abs-cbn.com

  • World Sales CPI and ABS-CBN Global Distribution
    8F., Elj Communications Center Bldg., Eugenio Lopez Drive, Quezon City 1103 Philippines
    reena_garingan@abs-cbn.com; ourcinema@gmailcom