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The Woman Who Left

Ang Babaeng Humayo

2016

Lav Diaz

Charo Santos-Concio, John Lloyd Cruz, Michael De Mesa, Nonie Buencamino ...

7.0

317

Drama For Horacia Somorostro, living has become a veritable reclusión perpetua, an imprisonment. Life’s spins and randomness have been very difficult, vicious and inexplicable for her. The year is 1997. Princess Diana dies in a violent car crash. The world is saddened by the death of Mother Theresa. And the Philippines is gripped with fear. It has become the kidnap capital of Asia.

	Author	Review
United States	Guy Lodge Variety	"The latest supersized opus from Filipino maximalist Lav Diaz is a powerful and, by his standards, refreshingly contained moral study"	POS
United Kingdom	Jonathan Romney Screendaily	"'The Woman Who Left' may not represent Diaz at his absolute peak, but it’s a powerful, thoughtful melodrama that pulls you into its world and delivers a number of irresistible emotional coups"	POS
United States	Clarence Tsui The Hollywood Reporter	"A succinct, poignant revenge drama (...) The Woman Who Left is a taut exercise in which every shot burns with condensed emotions and human empathy"	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"A vast, dark behemoth of mystery and anguish, as forbidding as a starless night sky (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Carson Lund Slant	"[It] excels at capturing the grubby texture and atmosphere of ghostly estrangement (...) [It] suffers by resembling arty, didactic bloat when it most begs for a more sophisticated dramatic touch (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	Ignatiy Vishnevetsky AV Club	"'The Woman Who Left' rewards those who wait (...) The film boasts one of Diaz’s most dramatically conventional, involving, and satisfying narratives."	POS
United States	Village Voice	"An epic study of class and connections (...) The film is a story of solidarity and redemption, and its main strength is a panoramic vision of the Philippines’ socioeconomic woes."	POS

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