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Paglisan

2018 · 105 min

A tender, sorrowful animated musical that immerses you in a marriage unraveling as memory slips away.

Overview
Crisanto and Dolores’ marriage is going through a rough patch. Going through a marital crisis, a couple’s marriage is tested when Crisanto is diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease as Dolores sinks deeper into depression. Paglisan tells the story of how a married couple attempt to survive together through fading memories and fleeting identities.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • memory
  • grief
  • love
  • identity
  • family
Places
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • animated
  • musical
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour3
Realism6
Romance5
Tension4
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
music, animation
Directed by
Carl Joseph E. Papa
Written by
Carl Joseph E. Papa
Starring
Eula Valdez, Ian Veneracion, Khalil Ramos, Junjun Quintana, Aica Riz Gahinhin, Manny Pangaruy, Carl Joseph E. Papa, Andreah Recuya
Runtime
105 min
Country
Philippines
Languages
Tagalog

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