Pepe Diokno’s second feature takes his filmmaking into a whole new other direction than his debut, “Clash”, in a much more mature and subtle approach towards a radically different topic. The film took three years to complete and was produced with the support of France’s Aide aux cinemas du monde, South Korea’s Asian Cinema Fund, Switzerland’s Visions Sud Est and the Arte Prize from the 2012 Berlin International Film Festival.
15-year old Andy witnesses a tragic loss as his parents die in a flood in Manila, while he was away with his girlfriend. Being underage, he ends up with his estranged grandfather, in a smaller city in the Philippines. Andy is obviously traumatized by the events, and his slob, strict and with a rock-star physique grandfather does not do much to better his situation. The same applies to his rundown house, that seems to have little room for Andy,...
15-year old Andy witnesses a tragic loss as his parents die in a flood in Manila, while he was away with his girlfriend. Being underage, he ends up with his estranged grandfather, in a smaller city in the Philippines. Andy is obviously traumatized by the events, and his slob, strict and with a rock-star physique grandfather does not do much to better his situation. The same applies to his rundown house, that seems to have little room for Andy,...
- 2/1/2020
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
While the 13th Slovak Queer Film Festival includes in its line up a later Solito’s queer jewel, let’s have a look at the director’s feature debut “The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros”. The film won over the children juries at the 56th Berlinale and left with the Special Mention from the Generation Kplus Children’s Jury, Grand Prix from the International Jury Kinderfilmfest, and also with the Teddy Award. By the way, that was the year when Sir Ian McKellen received the Honorary Golden Bear.
The international attention that the coming of age story of a “fairy” gay Maxi (Nathan Lopez) has received is, I dare to say, well deserved. “The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros” portrays the world of its main protagonist with a great sense for details, leaving his queerness as a mere one of them. Quite unlike what we could have seen in western films, being gay is a character trait,...
The international attention that the coming of age story of a “fairy” gay Maxi (Nathan Lopez) has received is, I dare to say, well deserved. “The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros” portrays the world of its main protagonist with a great sense for details, leaving his queerness as a mere one of them. Quite unlike what we could have seen in western films, being gay is a character trait,...
- 10/3/2019
- by Anomalilly
- AsianMoviePulse
Exclusive: Berlin-based sales outfit scores films from Home Sick director and Lav Diaz protégé.
In the run up to Cannes, Berlin-based sales outfit M-Appeal has announced two new pick-ups, including German-language film Center Of My World (Die Mitte Der Welt) from Jakob M. Erwa, whose 2015 title Home Sick premiered at the Berlinale.
The family drama is based on the best-selling novel by Andreas Steinhöfel about an adolescent boy on the brink of adulthood. The film will have its market premiere in Cannes prior to being released in Germany at the end of the year by Universum Film on an expected run of between 100-200 prints.
Land Of Mine and Alone In Berlin actor Louis Hofmann is among cast.
“We first encountered the project in script stage, and took to the development of the main character, and the way in which he navigates through his first love amid family strife,” commented a spokesperson for M-Appeal.
“This is Jakob...
In the run up to Cannes, Berlin-based sales outfit M-Appeal has announced two new pick-ups, including German-language film Center Of My World (Die Mitte Der Welt) from Jakob M. Erwa, whose 2015 title Home Sick premiered at the Berlinale.
The family drama is based on the best-selling novel by Andreas Steinhöfel about an adolescent boy on the brink of adulthood. The film will have its market premiere in Cannes prior to being released in Germany at the end of the year by Universum Film on an expected run of between 100-200 prints.
Land Of Mine and Alone In Berlin actor Louis Hofmann is among cast.
“We first encountered the project in script stage, and took to the development of the main character, and the way in which he navigates through his first love amid family strife,” commented a spokesperson for M-Appeal.
“This is Jakob...
- 4/25/2016
- by geoffrey@macnab.demon.co.uk (Geoffrey Macnab)
- ScreenDaily
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