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Anyang Melagas ya ing Tangke king Sala, film review, Jonas Ponio, Movie review, Rey Tamayo Jr., short film, SIFFMP, Singkuwento International Film Festival, UP Diliman
By Heinrich Domingo
Death, life, and hope are central in this short film’s plot. An orphaned boy begs on the street just to buy a coffin for her lifeless sister. This is a narrative with a potential to be made into a full-length film. Yet, this plot is too familiar for the crowd who has seen Magkakabaung. They are both set in Pampanga, both use a Kapampangan language and center on the life of a male living alone in his shabby little home.