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Mapang-akit

2011 · 38 min

A quiet, fragmentary drift through ritual and memory, more mood than story, asking patience as it blurs documentary and dream.

Directed by
John Torres
Genres
Drama
Overview
"Mapang-akit" is an offshoot of a documentary project made with an Icelandic filmmaker and uses the outtakes from the Hudas Hudas festival in Antique, where a community bonds over a large effigy of Judas Iscariot during Holy Week. Amidst it is a found story of a man who returns home to his death after pursuing a woman in a neighboring village.

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Directed by
John Torres
Genres
Drama
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Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • death
    • isolation
    • faith
    • memory
    • love
    Places
    • countryside
    • small town
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • nonlinear
    • found footage
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex mild
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    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror3
    Humour1
    Realism6
    Romance3
    Tension3
    Darkness6
    Complexity7
    Emotional weight6

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    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    John Torres
    Runtime
    38 min
    Country
    Philippines
    Languages
    Tagalog

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