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Viva La Tigresa

May 25, 2009, 01:00 PM

Thomasian alumnus Brillante Mendoza wins the Best Director plum in the Cannes Film Festival for the movie "Kinatay" (The Execution of P).

CANNES - Brillante Mendoza of the Philippines on Sunday picked up the best director prize at the Cannes film festival for his dark movie "Kinatay."

"Kinatay" (meaning "massacre") notably features corrupt cops hacking a prostitute to pieces with blunt kitchen knives.

Mendoza, at Cannes for the second year running, again split the critics, drawing both hisses and applause for "Kinatay".

Last year's "Serbis" was set in a Manila porn-theatre with long close-ups of festering boils and overflowing toilets, as well as the poverty and distress on the streets.

Still determined to portray the social reality around him, Mendoza in "Kinatay" traces 24 hours in the day of a trainee policeman, happily beginning with his wedding in the morning to close with the young man's first outing at night with a band of corrupt colleagues.

To his surprise, fear and anguish, they pick up a prostitute accused of betrayal and wind up torturing, raping, killing and hacking her before disposing of the body parts across Manila.

"This is not just entertainment, these kinds of stories are real," Mendoza said at Cannes.

Last year was the first time since 1984 the Philippines had a film competing for the top prize at Cannes, the Palme d'Or.

freelancer07

May 25, 2009, 01:07 PM

Wow! galing! Mapanood nga. Ipapalabas po ba yan sa mga sinehan sa Pinas?

ЅUX2BÜ

May 25, 2009, 01:07 PM

Wow! :eek:

Congratulations, Direk Brillante!

UST CineVita (http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/entertainment/entertainment/view/20090225-191046/UST-CineVita-pays-tribute-to-Mendoza) paid tribute to Brillante Mendoza last year.

:)

Viva La Tigresa

May 25, 2009, 01:09 PM

Wow! galing! Mapanood nga. Ipapalabas po ba yan sa mga sinehan sa Pinas?

Pagkatapos iikot/ipalabas yung movie doon eh saka ipapalabas sa mainstream. :)

He bested Quentin Tarantino and Ang Lee.

SCUD.

May 25, 2009, 01:09 PM

I-post niyo naman ang profile ni Mendoza para naman makilala namin uy!

ЅUX2BÜ

May 25, 2009, 01:10 PM

Wow! galing! Mapanood nga. Ipapalabas po ba yan sa mga sinehan sa Pinas?

Malamang hinde, kasi masyadong bayolente ang pelikula raw. Tungkol kasi ito sa isang pulis na tsumaptsap sa isang prostityut.

:)

Viva La Tigresa

May 25, 2009, 01:11 PM

Malamang hinde, kasi masyadong bayolente ang pelikula raw. Tungkol kasi ito sa isang pulis na tsumaptsap sa isang prostityut.

:)

Bago siguro ipalabas 'yan sa mga sinehan sa Pinas eh matsaptsap muna ng MTRCB 'noh? :glee:

ЅUX2BÜ

May 25, 2009, 01:15 PM

Cannes website info on Kinatay (http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/10901054/year/2009.html)

*okay*

ЅUX2BÜ

May 25, 2009, 01:20 PM

I-post niyo naman ang profile ni Mendoza para naman makilala namin uy!

UST Fine Arts alumnus siya at siya rin ang nag-direk ng "Serbis" na napili ring maipalabas sa Cannes noong nakaraang taon.

Siya ang kauna-unahang Pinoy direktor na nagwagi sa Cannes.

Malakas ang kutob ko na siya ang magiging bagong mukha ng pelikulang Pinoy, kasama ang isa ring Tomasino na si Jim Libiran na nag-direk ng "Tribu" na pinangaralan naman ng Youth Jury Prize sa Paris Cinematheque noong nakaraang taon din.

:)

Viva La Tigresa

May 25, 2009, 01:34 PM

UST Fine Arts alumnus siya at siya rin ang nag-direk ng "Serbis" na napili ring maipalabas sa Cannes noong nakaraang taon.

Siya ang kauna-unahang Pinoy direktor na nagwagi sa Cannes.

Malakas ang kutob ko na siya ang magiging bagong mukha ng pelikulang Pinoy, kasama ang isa ring Tomasino na si Jim Libiran na nag-direk ng "Tribu" na pinangaralan naman ng Youth Jury Prize sa Paris Cinematheque noong nakaraang taon din.

:)

Ispiking of Jim Libiran, madalas niya sabihin sa klase noon, "Mga hampaslupa kayo!" :glee:

Mukhang sila nga ang bubuhay sa naghihingalong industriya ng pelikulang Pilipino. *okay*

ЅUX2BÜ

May 25, 2009, 01:36 PM

Ispiking of Jim Libiran, madalas niya sabihin sa klase noon, "Mga hampaslupa kayo!" :glee:

Mukhang sila nga ang bubuhay sa naghihingalong industriya ng pelikulang Pilipino. *okay*

Sociology grad 'yang si Libiran at nakakatawa raw 'yan sa klase.

:)

Mommy Dionesia

May 25, 2009, 01:41 PM

Viva La Tigresa

May 25, 2009, 01:43 PM

Sociology grad 'yang si Libiran at nakakatawa raw 'yan sa klase.

:)

Bati nga niyan pagpasok sa klase: "Kumusta kayong mga hampaslupa kayo?" ng pasigaw. Lol.

MunichSwiss

May 25, 2009, 01:49 PM

Kahit walang Film Institute ang UST, madami pa ring film directors ang napo-produce nito. At sympre, de-kalibre at internationally acclaimed pa! *okay*

clawed_out

May 25, 2009, 01:52 PM

De-kalibre.

well said.

congratulations.

ЅUX2BÜ

May 25, 2009, 01:55 PM

this is wonderful news!

ay, napa-ingles ako. ang galing galing talaga ng ust at ng mga produkto nito.

sana next time eh mai-direk naman ni brillante ang aking anak na si manny! may naisip na akong title eh, "buksingan blues." pang cannes film festival din 'yan huh!

bubuksingin ang mga magpapapansin!

Naku, Mommy Diony, 2 lang ang puwedeng mangyari sa plano niyong 'yan eh: 1) Baka biglang mag-best actor 'yang anak niyo! o 2) Sumemplang ang karir ni Brillante!

:lol:

Viva La Tigresa

May 25, 2009, 01:56 PM

this is wonderful news!

ay, napa-ingles ako. ang galing galing talaga ng ust at ng mga produkto nito.

sana next time eh mai-direk naman ni brillante ang aking anak na si manny! may naisip na akong title eh, "buksingan blues." pang cannes film festival din 'yan huh!

bubuksingin ang mga magpapapansin!

Mommy Diony, yung pelicula na lang ni Manny ang ipa-dirik mo kay Brillante Mendoza. Baka makapunta ka pa ng Cannes! *okay*

coldhearted

May 25, 2009, 01:57 PM

Thomasian din pala siya Congrats!! Mr. Mendoza

Viva La Tigresa

May 25, 2009, 02:01 PM

Cannes website info on Kinatay (http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/10901054/year/2009.html)

*okay*

Nag-resurface pala si Maria Isabel Lopez sa movie na 'to.

Mendoza also directed Kaleldo which was released in 2006.

Synopsis of Kaleldo from imdb.com

The story is set in Guagua, Pampanga a decade after the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo which ravaged the province with lahar. It follows the lives of Rodolfo "Mang Rudy" Manansala, a woodcarver, and his three daughters and their relationships with the people close to them in the span of seven summers. Grace, the youngest daughter, marries the mama's boy Conrad, and has to face the reality of leaving the ancestral house, to which she is deeply rooted, to go and live with her in-laws. Much against her will, to the point of staging a escape, she yields to the dictates of tradition. Yet she manages to cope up with married life, and on the fourth year of her marriage gets pregnant with her second child. Lourdes, the middle daughter and married to the weakling Andy Pineda with whom she has a daughter, goes into an illicit affair with a bank manager, for which reason Mang Rudy succumbs to a heart attack and becomes bedridden. For a while numbed by the infidelity of his wife, Andy later realizes his insignificance and retaliates by beating up and nearly killing Lourdes. Lourdes atones for her guilt by ministering to Andy's wounds after he joins the rituals of the flagellants during the Holy Week. However, they both decide to separate. Jess, the eldest daughter, is a lesbian whose bitter luck in life is being unwanted by her own father. Yet she serves Mang Rudy to the hilt after he gets bedridden and makes the common sense of allowing her girlfriend Rowena to move in at the Manansala house, not so much for their own convenience as lovers but for Rowena to help in looking after Mang Rudy and in helping out with the household chores. But when a conflict arises between Lourdes and Rowena, Mang Rudy sends Rowena away. A year later, Mang Rudy succumbs to a second attack and when he dies several months later, Rowena sets foot on the ancestral house once more to pay her last respects. At the wake, Rowena comes to the realization that, like Andy, she never belonged and finally decides to leave Jess. Rowena realigns herself with normal procedures by getting married while Jess, along with her sisters, moves on with life. The story is told in three segments, with each segment told from the point of view of the three daughters. Attached to each segment are social occasion popularly observed in the Philippines, with a symbolic motif for each, represented by the elements sun, fire, water, air, blood, moon and earth. With Rowena's wedding at the end of the film, as in Grace's wedding at the start, a full cycle of life transpired.

ЅUX2BÜ

May 25, 2009, 02:11 PM

Panoorin niyo itong Cannes excerpt ng "Kinatay" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YwtQZLNHBU) o.

Nakaka-intriga.

*okay*

LabuyoXVIII

May 25, 2009, 02:25 PM

Ashlars

May 25, 2009, 02:25 PM

Congratulations Mr. Brillante Mendoza. *okay*

Wow, a Thomasian brings honor to the Philippines. Ang galing galing talaga ng mga Thomasians! Cannes Film Festival, dinaig pa nya sina Quentin at Ang Lee!

@ Mommy Dionesia: I'm your biggest fan! Ang galing mo manakote ng mga panget na peste. :rotflmao:

letsrockandroll

May 25, 2009, 02:27 PM

Congrats!

Proud to be Thomasians @ 400!!!

ЅUX2BÜ

May 25, 2009, 02:31 PM

bb_gandangyufi

May 25, 2009, 02:58 PM

naku... kayo talagang mga tomasino kayo, di na kayo nagtanda.

may achievement na naman ang alumni niyo...

mauutot na naman sa galit at poot ang mga kampon ng kadiliman niyan...

kayo talaga oo...

may ghaaaaanon?

join ever!

talbog!

oo nga pala, konggrats kay fafa brilliante mendoza...

ahihihihiihihihihihihihi....

letsrockandroll

May 25, 2009, 03:02 PM

all in one ah!

ahihihihihi

I smell something fishy

:lol:

Mommy Dionesia

May 25, 2009, 04:10 PM

all in one ah!

ahihihihihi

I smell something fishy

:lol:

you smell something fishy kasi malamang 'di maayos ang pagkakaretoke ng ilong mo.

at mangangamoy malansang isda ka kapag 'di ka tumigil sa pagiging tsismosa mo.

buksing buksing sa mga kulang sa pansin!

Altwegg

May 25, 2009, 05:45 PM

Congratulations!

Oh yung iba dyan huwag mangisay sa inggit.

ACQUARIAN

May 25, 2009, 07:48 PM

congrats! next naman as a nominee sa oscar best foreign language film/

ЅUX2BÜ

May 25, 2009, 11:29 PM

Congratulations sa kanya. Mixed reviews ng international press for Kinatay eh according to articles sa PDI last week. Ang galing naman niya - against Tarantino and Ang Lee.

*okay* si Brillante Mendoza - BRILLIANT talaga!

Oo nga. 'Yung iba raw talaga ay hindi na tinapos 'yung pelikula dahil sa bayolens at mahirap daw sikmurain ang pagtsaptsap.

:)

Altwegg

May 25, 2009, 11:34 PM

Congratulations muli!

ЅUX2BÜ

May 25, 2009, 11:44 PM

Mukhang si Brillante Mendoza ang magiging bagong mukha ng pelikulang Pinoy. Isama na rin natin ang isa pang Tomasinong si Jim Libiran.

Ang galing galing nila!

*okay*

slickdevil

May 26, 2009, 12:42 AM

good job! basta Tomasino, maipagmamalaki sa mundo!

bb_gandangyufi

May 26, 2009, 10:11 AM

partida... wala pang theater arts nyan ang uste.

paano pa kung meron?

ahihihihihihihihihihi...

join ever!

tal... excuse me... KABOG!

may ghaaaaanon?

Viva La Tigresa

May 26, 2009, 11:54 AM

partida... wala pang theater arts nyan ang uste.

paano pa kung meron?

ahihihihihihihihihihi...

join ever!

tal... excuse me... KABOG!

may ghaaaaanon?

Miss ko na si Vangie Labalan! :glee:

Magkakaron na ng Musical Theater course sa USTe nitong pagpasok ng SY 2009-2010.

*okay*

bb_gandangyufi

May 26, 2009, 10:02 PM

tita viva, ganoon talaga...

aba, napapagod din ang kilay ni madam vangie, noh!

kaya si manay bellie muna ang hahalili sa katarayan niya...

ahihihihihihihihihihi...

may ghaaaaanon?

join ever!

talbog!

MunichSwiss

May 27, 2009, 09:52 AM

May mga lurkers na galing sa "Big 3" daw... hihihi..

LabuyoXVIII

May 27, 2009, 10:15 AM

laofutze88

Jul 8, 2009, 09:57 AM

Brillante Mendoza, to sit as jury member in Swiss film fest
Wednesday, July 8th, 2009

Internationally-acclaimed Filipino film director Brillante Mendoza, has been chosen as a member of the jury in the 62nd Film Festival Locarno from August 5 to 15 in Switzerland as announced yesterday ny the Philippine Embassy in Switzerland.

Mendoza will serve as a member of the jury for the “Filmmakers of the Present Competition” in the international film festival that will last for 11 days said (more…) (http://pinoygossipboy.i.ph)

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bluering

Jul 8, 2009, 04:19 PM

ahm i think, if i heard my professor correct, Brillante Mendoza is a graduate of Ateneo Ab communication.

nevertheless, he's great. :)

Jae the Awesome

Jul 8, 2009, 04:53 PM

Galing ni Brillante Mendoza!

Isa pa siyang Kapampangan. Isa pang Tomasino.

(Recently ko lang nalaman...) We came from same High School. Isang graduate ng Univ. of the Assumption Batch 1979 :D

Go Brillante!
-Isang Kapampangang Assumptionistang Tomasino!!!:rotflmao:

deus123

Jul 9, 2009, 01:12 AM

Good thing Europeans have a fetish for asian exploitative films.

Ashlars

Jul 9, 2009, 11:36 AM

Good thing Europeans have a fetish for asian exploitative films.

A good thing will be for you to leave our forum and stop pretending that you're a Thomasian.

Anyway, ang galing talaga ng mga Tomasino o, wala pang theater arts at film institute ang UST nyan, kumpara dun sa iba. Hanggang FAMAS, Gawad Urian, Star Awards ek lang kasi yung mga produkto ng isang school eh, yung school dun sa QC, 'di ba deus123? 'Di ba school mo 'yun? Aminin mo na! Don't be shy, it's okay. :glee:

Oo nga pala, na-ban na ang kapatid/friend/alternick/alterego mo na si philippines123. Now that's a good, no that's a GREAT thing. O, gawa na ulit ng bagong account! :rotflmao:

deus123

Jul 9, 2009, 12:41 PM

Awww, are you hurt? Just telling the truth, bro.