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Melancholia

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Original title

Melancholia

Year

2008

Running time

450 min.

Country

Philippines

Director

Lav Diaz

Screenwriter

Lav Diaz

Cast

Music

Lav Diaz

Cinematography

Lav Diaz (B&W)

Producer

Sine Olivia

Genre

Drama

Synopsis

Lav Diaz's Melancholia is an eight-hour meditation of sorts on the maddening persistence of sadness in this world, can logically be divided into three parts and an epilogue. The first part details the experiences in Sagada of Julian (Perry Dizon), Alberta and Rina as they refashion themselves into different drastic identities as part of the radical process that Julian created in order for them to cope with the losses of their loved ones. The second part is set in Manila, with Julian and Alberta living their real lives and addressing the scenarios and situations that accompany their melancholic predicament. The third part is the prologue to Julian, Alberta and Rina's prolonged tale of sadness, where deep within the forests of Mindoro, a band of leftist fighters, which includes Alberta's husband Renato, is struggling with the psychological and spiritual torture of both practical and existential defeat while being hunted down by military operatives.

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Melancholia

2008

Lav Diaz

7.3

(162)