2021 · drama · filipino
Whether the Weather Is Fine
Directed by Carlo Francisco Manatad1h 45m2021
Against the backdrop of the Typhoon Yolanda, a mother and her son struggle for survival and deal with absurdity of fate, sustained by the hope that they carry, and what is lost and gained.
Our read: Whether the Weather Is Fine (2021) reads as a sombre, measured, inventive drama · filipino entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, measured, measured drama / filipino, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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