Lola
Philippine filmmaker Brillante Mendoza has come up with his most humane, ethically resonant film yet with a story of two grandmothers dealing with the consequences of a murder. This compassionate study, which deals with the way justice is a relative concept in a world of abject poverty, almost acts as a response to those who accused his recent Cannes competition entry Kinatay (which touches on the same themes in a far more savage vein) of partaking of the moral depravity it depicts.
– Lee Marshall, Screen Daily
You can't be too emotional when you live in a condition like the Philippines, that kind of condition and situation in life ... You just have to move on and live your life. […]When you live in the Philippines and you are exposed to this kind of story every day, it is not difficult to show it in your work. I wanted to show it in a very natural and very spontaneous way, like you are watching life right in front of you.
– Brillante Mendoza, Reuters
Duration: 110 min
Dialogue: Filipino, Tagalog
Subtitles: English
Age limit: K15
