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Evolution of a Filipino Family

2004 · 626 min

An endurance test of patient, black-and-white observation, where long takes and rural hardship slowly accumulate into a quiet, sorrowful weight.

Tagline: Ten years in the making. Ten hours to witness a family's survival.
Overview: Spanning from 1971 to 1987, in rural areas under the Marcos regime, a poor farming family struggle to overcome challenges brought on by corruption and greed for power.
How it feels: Bleak, melancholic, earnest and tense. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Survival, family, corruption, power
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: survival
family
corruption
power
class
Places: countryside
small town
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild