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  Norte, The End of History 2013

  ★★★½ Watched 20 Mar 2021

  Some cue from the Crime and Punishment, with Philippine's flavor.

  Side note: I am still taken by surprised at how close the sound of our "native" language is with the Filipinos. I guess it just explains the ignorance of me living on the shell.

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  Doctor Zhivago 1965

  ★★★ Watched 13 Nov 2020

  I wish they'd decide once and for all which gang of hooligans constitutes the government of this country!"

Popular reviews

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  The Long March 1950

  ★★★ Watched 23 Sep 2020

  A rather surprising for its bleakness, the first-ever Indonesian production after their independence didn't glorify the war just to become a blatant push for a patriotic, nationalistic agenda, but propounding a journey through the lens of existential dilemma.

  The film follows such a womanizer's main character named Captain Sudarto, a conscious dreamer who is faced with the meaningless nature of war. The newly formed country that he fights for must deal with her own multiple existential struggles, such as the…

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  Postman Blues 1997

  ★½ Watched 19 Sep 2017

  Two points of my highlight is the opening when it succed to emphasize the protagonist jadedness in such stagnancy of boring stage of life, as any existentialist would nodded, even to talk it just short sequences. then the ending right when credit rolled and the "art" sung.
  The matter left just how the kind of hilarious premise executed right in between, is miserably fail gave striking impression, even for such branded to kill point of absurdity as reference.
  That flashbacks.. such dialogs.. Those characters.. Such meh level

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