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GomBurZa 2023
“…hindi ba tayo’y minalas at sinumpang bayan”.
I admire the filmmakers for making a historical film be easy to understood without prior knowledge of the subject. Its take on faith against fate was interesting, especially when the executioner said “Even Jesus Christ was innocent”. There is even one scene where kids are retelling the Spaniard's first arrival in the Philippines and their “religious war” against the Moros, whose lands were stolen by the Christian Spaniards.
It mirrors a lot of…
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please, remember this night 2023
A timeless piece that connects and confronts different experiences into a night to remember.
The existence of such story is the advocacy itself on how queer stories are parallel to the romance category, not fetishized. The film struck to the hearts of the audience with it’s relatability, you are either or both of the characters— this gives the connection of the audience to the film, creating different interpretations on how the story will go.Translated from by
