Country: Philippines
Year: 2016
Duration: 110'
Ma’ Rosa has four children. She owns a small convenient store in one of the poorest neighborhoods of Manila where everybody likes her. Business isn’t going too well so, to make ends meet, Rosa and her husband Nestor resell small amounts of narcotics on the side. One day, they get arrested. Rosa’s children are ready to do anything to buy their parents’ freedom from the corrupt police, a widely accepted practice. But the bribe is more what Ma’ Rosa’s family can afford. How will they put that sum of money together? Finding themselves in a desperate situation, they will resort to anything to reach their goal, even by the most unconventional means. Based on a true story. [cg]
Biography
film director
Brillante Mendoza
Brillante Mendoza (San Fernando, Philippines, 1960) started his career as a screenwriter, working for film, television and theatre. His first feature film The Masseur, won the Golden Leopard Award at the 2005 Locarno Film Festival, as well as the Interfaith Award in Brisbane. In 2006, he directed The Teacher which won the CinemAvvenire prize at the Torino Film Festival and Best Photography and Best Director Awards at the Cinemanila Festival. Summer Heat won the Netpac Award in Jeonju in 2007. Slingshot won the Special Jury Award in Marrakech in 2008, the Caligari Award in Berlin and Best Film and Best Director Awards in Singapore. For Kinatay (2009) he won the Best Director Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, for Ma’ Rosa (2016) he received the Best Actress Award at the same festival. The latter title has also been presented in Turin.
FILMOGRAFIA
Masahista (The Masseur, 2005), Manoro (2006), Kaleldo (Summer Heat, 2006), Manoro (The Teacher, 2006), Foster Child (2007), Tirador (Slingshot, 2007), Serbis (Service, 2008), Lola (2009), Kinatay (2009), Captive (2012), Thy Womb (2012), Sapi (2013), Taklub (2015), Ma’ Rosa (2016), Alpha, the Right to Kill (2018).
Declaration
film director
“Ma’ Rosa is perhaps one of the most difficult films I’ve done so far because of the sensitivity of the topic. We are exposing another paradigm of the corrupt police system in the Philippines, which is so rampant. What we are showing has become common practice in every district of the capital of the Philippines.”
Cast
& Credits
regia/director
Brillante Ma Mendoza
soggetto, sceneggiatura/story, screenplay
Troy Espiritu
fotografia/cinematography
Odyssey Flores
montaggio/film editing
Diego Marx Dobles
scenografia/production design
Dante Mendoza
musica/music
Teresa Barrozo
suono/sound
Albert Michael Idioma
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Jaclyn Jose (Ma’ Rosa), Julio Diaz (Nestor), Felix Roco (Jackson), Andi Eigenmann (Raquel), Kristofer King (Jomas), Mercedes Cabral (Linda), Jomari Angeles (Erwin), Maria Isabel Lopez (Tilde)
produttore/producer
Loreto Larry Castillo
produzione/production
Center Stage Productions
contatti/contacts
Films Distribution
Joris Boyer
joris@filmsdistribution.com
www.filmsdistribution.com
Brillante Ma Mendoza
soggetto, sceneggiatura/story, screenplay
Troy Espiritu
fotografia/cinematography
Odyssey Flores
montaggio/film editing
Diego Marx Dobles
scenografia/production design
Dante Mendoza
musica/music
Teresa Barrozo
suono/sound
Albert Michael Idioma
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Jaclyn Jose (Ma’ Rosa), Julio Diaz (Nestor), Felix Roco (Jackson), Andi Eigenmann (Raquel), Kristofer King (Jomas), Mercedes Cabral (Linda), Jomari Angeles (Erwin), Maria Isabel Lopez (Tilde)
produttore/producer
Loreto Larry Castillo
produzione/production
Center Stage Productions
contatti/contacts
Films Distribution
Joris Boyer
joris@filmsdistribution.com
www.filmsdistribution.com
