Heremias
| Heremias | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Lav Diaz |
| Written by | Lav Diaz |
| Produced by | Celso De Guzman |
| Starring | Ronnie Lazaro |
| Cinematography | Tamara Benitez |
| Edited by | Lia Martinez |
| Music by | Earl Drilon |
| Languages | Filipino, Tagalog |
Heremias, also Unang aklat: Ang alamat ng prinsesang bayawak, is a 2006 Filipino indie crime drama film directed and written by Lav Diaz. It stars Ronnie Lazaro, Jordan and Sid Lucero as a bad cop.[1] The 9-hour digital film (540-minutes) [2] was produced by Celso De Guzman, with principal cinematography by Tamara Benitez, and was shot in Pililla, Rizal, Luzon. The film is "the story of a farmer (Ronnie Lazaro) who makes a pact with God to save a girl from rape."[3]
Plot
Heremias (Ronnie Lazaro) is a poor farmer who travels with a group of salesmen who sell appliances to people from their wagons. Heremias works with these salesmen in making their sales, but grows dissatisfied with the monotonous life that comes with this job. The other salesmen start noticing Heremias' unenthusiastic attitude while on the job, and Heremias eventually tells them that he wishes to leave the group of salesmen. The other salesmen attempt persuading him to come back, but they eventually realize that he wishes to travel on his own.
Heremias leaves the group on one of the wagons, and starts traveling on his own. As he continues traveling, he encounters a harsh rainstorm as he is traveling. The rainstorm uproots some tree branches, causing them to fall in his wagon's path. Heremias has to clean the path so him and his cow can go through the path. He manages to clean out the path and him and his cow are eventually able to get through after a difficult struggle to clean the path out.
Cast
- Ronnie Lazaro as Heremias
- Jordan as The Cow
- Sid Lucero as Sgt. Querubin
- Dante Balois as Mang Tinong
- Roeder as Jerry
- Perry Dizon as Mando
- Simon Ibarra as Ed
- Mayen Estanero as Wife
- Aero Joy Damaso as Little Girl
- Winston Maique as Allan
- Bart Guingona as Diego
- Yul Servo as Tonio
- Noel Millares as Priest
- Lou Veloso as Mang Teban
- Fonz Deza as Kapitan Fredo
Reception
At the Fribourg International Film Festival Lav Diaz won the Special Jury Award and was nominated for the Grand Prix Award.[2] Discussing Heremias, a reviewer was impressed by the work of Tamara Benitez, calling her "so young and so talented".[4] Hayley Scanlon summarized: "With long sections playing out in near real time, extreme long distance shots often static in nature, and black and white photography captured on low res digital video which makes it almost impossible to detect emotional subtlety in the performances of its cast, Heremias is a challenging prospect yet an oddly hypnotic, ultimately moving one."[5]
References
- ^ "GOING FOR THE BIG TIME". The Manila Times via HighBeam Research (subscription required). 26 September 2006. Archived from the original on 17 November 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
- ^ a b "National Day of Switzerland. (Opinion & Editorial)". Manila Bulletin via. 1 August 2006.[dead link]
- ^ "Digital films gaining notice". Filipino Reporter via HighBeam Research (subscription required). 16 February 2006. Archived from the original on 14 April 2016. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
- ^ "I survived Lav Diaz's Heremias (2006)". Rough Groove. November 16, 2006. Archived from the original on 23 November 2008. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
- ^ Scanlon, Heyley (21 December 2016). "Heremias (Book One: The Legend of the Lizard Princess) (Unang aklat: Ang alamat ng prinsesang bayawak, Lav Diaz, 2006". Windows on Worlds.
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