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Kisapmata

1981 · 99 min

A suffocating, slow-building nightmare of domestic control that tightens its grip with every polite conversation, leaving you tense and unsettled long after.

Directed by
Mike de Leon
Genres
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Starring
Charo Santos, Jay Ilagan, Vic Silayan
Tagline
You can't fight a gun with a rosary.
Overview
A young woman gets married but her authoritarian father refuses to let her out of his sight.

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Directed by
Mike de Leon
Genres
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Starring
Charo Santos, Jay Ilagan, Vic Silayan
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • power
  • isolation
  • trauma
  • death
Places
  • single country house
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror6
Humour1
Realism9
Romance2
Tension9
Darkness9
Complexity7
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
crime, drama, thriller
Directed by
Mike de Leon
Written by
Mike de Leon, Clodualdo del Mundo Jr., Raquel Villavicencio
Starring
Charo Santos, Jay Ilagan, Vic Silayan, Charito Solis, Ruben Rustia, Aida Carmona, Juan Rodrigo, Dindo Angeles
Music
Lorrie Ilustre
Cinematography
Rody Lacap
Runtime
99 min
Country
Philippines
Languages
Tagalog

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