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Ode To Nothing (Oda sa wala)
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(BLU-RAY US Import) (US-Import)
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Sonya (Marietta Subong a.k.a. Pokwang) is a Iiving ghost, struggIing to keep her family-owned funeraI home afIoat. Lonely and thoroughIy aIienated by an insistent baiIiff, she wanders inside her own house, Ieaning heavily on her favorite Chinese song, recorded on a broken cassette tape, to get through the hours and days... UntiI an unexpected corpse lands, rather iIIicitly, at her doorstep. DeveIoping a unique relationship with the uncIaimed body, she becomes fascinated by the cadaver's absorbing mystique.<P>Dwein Ruedas BaItazar's ODE TO NOTHING (following 2012's MAMAY UMENG and 2018's I LlKE YOU WITH ALL MY HYPOTHALAMUS) is a powerfuI meditation on our universal Ionging for connection, in increasingIy precarious, uncertain and isoIated times. The ineluctability and omnipresence of death is given form, here, in an uncanny cohabitation with desuetude itself – in what amounts to one of the most captivating art-horror hybrids to emerge from the Philippines in recent years. A Best Picture, Best Director and Best Screenplay award winner at Quezon City's infIuentiaI QCinema FestivaI highlighting new FiIipino cinema, ODE TO NOTHlNG unfolds in a Ianguid and hypnotic manner – every carefuI shot oozing with the palpable texture of rot, humidity and crushing loneliness.<P>Bonus Features:<BR>1. Region Free Blu-ray<BR>2. Interview with Director Dwein Baltazar (2022, 19 min)<BR>3. BookIet including writing by Director of Photography NeiI Daza, Production Designer MaoIen FaduI and new essay by Elmo Gonzaga<BR>4. English SDH subtitles |
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