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Kinatay: Butchering the Meat and Exposing the Core

08 Saturday Aug 2015

Posted by cinetactic in Movie Reviews

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2009, brilliante mendoza, butchered, Cannes FIlm Festival, coco martin, independent film, indie, kinatay, Movie review, philippines, Prix de la Mise en Scene, Review

by Heinrich Domingo

Kinatay pierces through the meat, cuts into the bones, and reveals the rawest form of Philippine Independent Cinema. It shuns gimmickry, works on reality, and delves into exposing social inequality.

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