2018 · drama · musical · filipino
Season of the Devil
Directed by Lav Diaz3h 52m2018
In late 1970s Philippines, a military-controlled militia oppresses a remote village, spreading terror both physical and psychological. Fearless young doctor Lorena opens a clinic for the poor but disappears without a trace. Her activist poet husband sets out to find her.
Our read: Season of the Devil (2018) reads as a heavy, slow-burn, surreal drama · musical · filipino entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, slow-burn, measured drama / musical, surreal in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- slow-burn
- intense
- inventive
- bleak
- signature
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