11/30/2022 0 Comments 2017 tagalog movies![]() ![]() The impressive ensemble cast also includes TJ Trinidad, Bembol Roco, and Carla Humphries. ![]() Batacan, Smaller and Smaller Circles follows two Jesuit priests ( Nonie Buencamino and Sid Lucero), tasked to track down a serial killer that leaves the mutilated bodies of young boys in Payatas. The film stars Angeli Bayani, Shamaine Buencamino, and Boots Anson-Roa.īased on the award-winning best-selling crime novel by F.H. The compelling drama follows her harrowing struggle, as well as the investigation that follows. Release date: August 4 (Cinemalaya Film Festival)īagahe revolves around Mercy, an OFW who is raped and subsequently, suspected of abandoning her newborn child in the trash bin of an airplane toilet. The film was recently graded an “A” by the Cinema Evaluation Board, and is produced by Piolo Pascual’s independent production company, Spring Films (who also produced the timeless comedy, Kimmy Dora). She befriends her neighbor, Tonyo ( Empoy Marquez), and they eventually fall in love. Shot on location in beautiful Hokkaido, Japan, Kita Kita stars Alessandra de Rossi as Lea, a taxi tour guide who suffers from temporary blindness after befalling an accident. Pencil in these titles and release dates, and support some of the best that Filipino cinema has to offer this year and beyond! Here, we try to make your life easier and list 15 Pinoy films that we feel deserve a watch from all audiences, whether it’s because of the plot, the impressive star power, or the creative genius behind the camera. Sadly, the problem lies in trying to get people into theaters to see them. We are still hopeful that many of our considered lost films will someday re-surface and be discovered by "film archaeologists".(SPOT.ph) Contrary to popular belief, Filipino cinema is actually filled with all sorts of diverse and compelling stories that are worth watching. Manuel Conde's "Genghis Khan" is with the French film archive, Gerry de Leon's "Sanda Wong" was recovered from Hong Kong, de Leon's "Banga Ni Zimadar" and "Dyesebel", and Fernando Poe's "Darna" were found by Howie Severino of GMA-7's "I-Witness" in Thailand film archive and the Thai government is willing to return these Filipino treasures if we have already our own film archive that will take care of them. The same is true with post-war films, classics made by great Filipino directors Gerry de Leon, Lamberto Avellana, Manuel Conde, Gregorio Fernandez, Ramon Estella, Eduardo de Castro, were either lost or just waiting to be discovered from some film collectors' basements. A few survived (Pakiusap (1940), Tunay Na Ina (1939), Ang Ibong Adarna (1941), Giliw Ko (1939) and one recovered by film director Nick de Ocampo from the American Library of Congress (Zamboanga (1937). Most of the films made before the war were either lost or destroyed. ![]() Film studios like Malayan Movies, Nolasco Films, Filippine Films, Sampaguita Pictures, LVN Pictures, Lebran and many others made films one after another, competing with each other, discovering new movie stars and directors. B efore the devastating World War II, Philippine film industry was a thriving industry. ![]()
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