Angel Aquino

Like some of the best 19th-century novelists, Lav Diaz is a genius at interweaving multiple stories to create a truly expanded canvas of characters, landscapes and social and political struggle. In this masterpiece, three strands oppose each other and then, in an impressive arc, fall into parallel.

A poor farming clan tries to revive their lives during the authoritarian rule of the Marcos. However, with each possibility of hope, the promise of collapse lurks on the horizon.

Consumed by hate, a woman cons her way into the upper class and conspires to take down the cruel business magnate she blames for her downward spiral.

When a prominent drug dealer is murdered, the two agents investigating the crime discover a massive conspiracy of inmate assasins.

A surreal tale of a poor middle-aged wife who longs to have a child but gives birth to a magical fish, making her and her husband instant celebrities.

Experiencing problems in their marriages, a team building facilitator and a real estate businessman unexpectedly meet and fall and love.