Lola

Abuela

2009 107 min. Philippines Brillante Mendoza

Anthology 20th Anniversary

Director
Brillante Mendoza

Screenplay
Linda Casimiro

Cinematography
Odyssey Flores

Editing
Kats Serraon

Music
Teresa Barrozo

Sound
Albert Michael Idioma, Addiss Tabong

Producer
Ferdinand Lapuz

Production
Centerstage Productions [ph], Swift Productions [fr]

Cast
Anita Linda, Rustica Carpio, Tanya Gomez, Jhong Hilario, Ketchup Eusebio, Benjie Filomeno

Synopsis
Two elderly women bear the consequences of a crime involving their respective grandsons—one is the victim, the other is the suspect. Both weak and poor, they laboriously solicit money in the midst of a storm. Lola Sepa, together with her 8-year-old grandson, lights a candle on the spot beside a bridge where an elder grandson was killed by a cell phone snatcher the night before. Then she goes to collect money for the burial and court hearing. Lola Puring painstakingly raises funds for the temporary release of her grandson, the assailant, who refuses to languish in jail.

Format
File, Color

World Sales-Distribution
The Match Factory

Filmography
SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY:

2016 MA’ROSA
2012 CAUTIVA
2009 LOLA
2009 KINATAY
2007 FOSTER CHILD
2005 MASAHISTA (THE MASSEUR)

Festivals
Venice, Las Palmas de G.C., El Cairo, Busan

Notes
Only on Filmin

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