SOLAR PICTURES is showing Paglipay and Pauwi Na from August16-22, 2017 as part of the Pista Ng Pelikulang Pilipino.
PAUWI NA
By Paolo Villlauna
PAUWI NA
By Paolo Villlauna
Pauwi Na (PEDICAB) follows a pedicab driver, his sharp-tongued wife, their petty thief son, a blind, pregnant young woman – who happens to see Jesus Christ – and a dog named Kikay. This is the story of a family on a journey from poverty in the city to an imagined paradise in the countryside.
Broke, desperate, and with little more than the clothes on their backs, the family decides to pedal their way thousands of miles on rickshaws in a tragicomic exodus to the green fields of the provinces.
With a powerhouse cast led by Philippine cinematic icons BembolRoco (Manila By Night, Lino Brocka) and Cherry Pie Picache (Foster Child, Brillante Mendoza), and directed by noted Filipino filmmaker Paolo Villaluna, PEDICAB is a quirky road trip whose unapologetic look at family, class, poverty and faith “reminds one of the overriding role of art—to be a channel of critique and change.” (Manila Times, August 2016) (official synopsis)
With a powerhouse cast led by Philippine cinematic icons BembolRoco (Manila By Night, Lino Brocka) and Cherry Pie Picache (Foster Child, Brillante Mendoza), and directed by noted Filipino filmmaker Paolo Villaluna, PEDICAB is a quirky road trip whose unapologetic look at family, class, poverty and faith “reminds one of the overriding role of art—to be a channel of critique and change.” (Manila Times, August 2016) (official synopsis)
Stars:
BembolRoco as Mang Pepe
Cherry Pie Picache as Aling Remedios
Merryl Soriano as Isabel
Jerald Napoles as Jp
Chai Fonacier as Pina
Jess Mendoza as Jesus
ShamaineBuencamino as Doray
Jack The Dog as Kikay
MTRCB Rating: R-13 (Restricted for 13 years old and above)
Running Time: 2 hours 3 minutes
Genre:Family Comedy/Drama
PAGLIPAY
By Zig Dulay
Genre: Romance Drama
‘PAGLIPAY’ is a Sambal Ayta term being used by Aetas when crossing
the mountain river going to lowland town in search for alternative source of
income.
The narrative opens as we follow Atan’s fulfillment of his arranged
marriage with a fellow Aeta, ANI. He has to pay a dowry (bandi) or bride’s
price to Ani’s parents. Atan needs to cross the mountain river going to Banwa,
the town where he could earn the necessary amount for the bandi however he
meets RAIN, student from Manila that would make his life turn upside down. (official synopsis).
MTRCB Rating:PG (Parental Guidance)
Running Time: 1 hour 38minutes
Stars:Garry Cabalic, Anna Luna, Joan dela Cruz, Norman King, Natasha
Cabrera, Gigi Locsin, Joel Saracho, MarinellaSevidal, KenkenNuyad, Upeng
Fernandez with the special participation: JC Santos
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