Country: Yugoslavia
Year: 2010
Duration: 118'
refrains happen like revolutions in a song Sarah is a debt collector who lives among the inhabitants of the village of Guimbal on the island of Panay. She wants to find the young man who appeared to her in a dream and goes to the island of Negros. Here, as she interacts with the inhabitants, Sarah continues her search, gathering memories of life and war, dreams, myths, legends, songs and stories that she takes part in and at times revolve around her. She is the daughter of an ancient mermaid, a revolutionary, a primordial element, a virgin who was kidnapped and hidden away from the sunlight. “The film is a retelling of fragments of the American occupation. Dialogue, shot in the Hiligaynon language, is not translated but used as a tonal guide and a tool for narration. Using unscripted scenes shot where the main character was asked to merely interact with the villagers, I discard dialogue and draw meaning from peoples’ faces, voices, and actions, weaving an entirely different story through the use of subtitles and inter-titles.”
Biography
film director
John Torres
John Torres (Manila, Philippines, 1975) graduated from the University of Manila in communications and became interested in film thanks to the influence of a Jesuit priest. He began his filmmaking apprenticeship on the set of Ligaya Ang Itawag Mo Sa Akin by Carlitos Siguion-Reyna. His first feature film, Todo todo teros (2006), won numerous international awards, including the Dragons & Tigers Award for Young Cinema at the Vancouver Film Festival. In 2010 his documentary Refrains Happen Like Revolution in a Song was selected at the Torino Film Festival, after having its premiere in Rotterdam. The following Lukas the Strange (2013) was presented in Rotterdam too.
FILMOGRAFIA
Kung paano kita liligawan nang di kumakapit sa iyo? (How Can I Court You Without Ever Holding You?, cm, 2005), Salat (cm, 2005), Tawidgutom (cm, 2005), Gabi noong sinabi ng ama kong may anak siya sa labas (The Night When Father Told Me He Had a Child Outside, cm, 2006), Todo todo teros (2006), Taon noong ako’y anak sa labas (Years When I Was a Child Outside, 2008), Ang ninanais (Refrains Happen Like Revolution in a Song, 2010), Lukas nino (Lukas the Strange, 2013), People Power Bombshell: The Diary of Vietnam Rose (2016).
Cast
& Credits
regia, sceneggiatura, fotografia, montaggio/director, screenplay, cinematography, film editing
John Torres
scenografia/production design
Shireen Seno, Martha Atienza
musica/music
Teresa Barrozo, Orlando Morales
suono/sound
Teresa Barrozo, John Torres
interpreti/cast
Che Villanueva, Tope Grabato, Ciriaco Gibraltar
produttori/producers
Shireen Seno, John Torres
produzione, vendita all’estero/production, world sales
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