2016 · drama · war · filipino
A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery
Directed by Lav Diaz8h 5m2016
Andrés Bonifacio is celebrated as the father of the Philippines Revolution against Spanish colonial rule. This eight-hour epic examines this myth, undertaking an expedition into history through various interwoven narrative threads, held together by an exploration of the individual’s role in history.
Our read: A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery (2016) reads as a sombre, slow-burn, inventive drama · war · filipino entry — measured in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, slow-burn, measured drama / war, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, epic, measured.
- sombre
- slow-burn
- signature
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