Aparisyon
by Vincent Sandoval
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| Official movie
poster |
Due to the poster's Dark appearance, I first
thought that this is a horror film - with the nuns, burnt papers and other forms
of creepiness, but I was proven wrong.
It was actually about the silent, simple lives
of monk nuns living in the mountain and away from the rest of the civilization.
The setting was during the reign of Marcos and the martial law.
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| simple lives of monk
nuns |
These nuns wanted to present themselves to
God as perfectly as they can. Although, as they try to be faithful to their
devotion, they also have to face their temptations- the darkness within each of
them.
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| Sister Remy & Sister
Lourdes before "what happened" |
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Say for example, Sister Remy
(Mylene Dizon) who became obsessed with updating herself on her brother's
critical condition after being denied to leave the monastery, pulled herself
away from doing only what she was assigned to do - she disobeyed, and she lied.
After doing her task, she attends a secret meeting, therefore going back to the
convent much later than usual.
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| Sister Remy & Sister
Lourdes after "what happened |
As she was
accompanied by Sister Lourdes (Jodi Sta. Maria), the latter went into a trouble
of being raped and getting pregnant. The evil inside of her showed up when she
said she wanted the unborn to be gone. Sister Vera (Racquel Villavicencio) and
Sister Ruth (Fides Cuyugan-Asensio), as superiors, were too inclined to the
monastic rules and were too afraid to help out and face the
problems.
These are what devoured their souls. The line between faith
and one's own will is thinning. Religion, morality, and society.
What's great about this film is that it really
showed silence in a different way, maybe the silence of the monastery and
mountain itself contributes to this effect.
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| maybe the silence of the
monastery and mountain itself contributes to this effect.
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The scenes were shot nicely that the viewers
can easily divert their attention to what they are supposed to focus on.
It may almost be a completely silent film, but
the scenes, and most especially the sounds kept the viewers' eyes on the screen.
It wasn't boring at all!
- SALVINO, 202A
Photos by: http:// www.cinemalaya.org and http://ph.omg.yahoo.com
It may almost be a completely silent film, but
the scenes, and most especially the sounds kept the viewers' eyes on the screen.
It wasn't boring at all!
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