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.

Daniel, a whaleshark guide, falls in love with the beautiful but mysterious tourist Teresa. The two suffer their own heartaches but find themselves hopelessly drawn to each other; Daniel was left behind by his girlfriend for a rich man, Teresa is a widowed breast cancer patient. Donsol was The Philippines official submission to the OSCARS Foreign Language Film category in 2007. AUDIO IS IN TAGALOG

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.

Due to the eruption of Pt. Pinatubo, a stern woodcarver is widowed and must care for his three very different daughters. The story of their lives is told through s a series of events that mark the beginning, middle and end of summer. Live, like the various events that govern the protagonists’ lives, is as changeable and as the seasons.

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