2015 · drama · disaster · survivors
Taklub
Directed by Brillante Ma Mendoza1h 37m2015
The story of the rebuilding of their lives by the survivors of the disaster caused by Typhoon Yolanda in the Philippines, particularly focusing on the struggles of a mother who lost their children.
Our read: Taklub (2015) reads as a heavy, measured, grounded drama · disaster · survivors entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, measured, extreme drama / disaster, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, measured.
- heavy
- measured
- intense
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