2019 · drama · filipino
Verdict
Directed by Raymund Ribay Gutierrez2h 6m2019
Abused and battered wife, Joy, stands up for justice against her alcoholic husband, Dante, in a turmoil process of the justice system.
Our read: Verdict (2019) reads as a heavy, measured, grounded drama · filipino entry — extreme in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, measured, extreme drama / filipino, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, measured.
- heavy
- measured
- extreme
- bleak
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