Kinatay

    Kinatay
    2009

    Synopsis

    A young man tries to make some money so he can marry his girlfriend. He takes a job for $2,000 and then soon realizes that this job involves killing a woman.

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    Cast

    • Coco MartinPeping
    • Ping MedinaBong
    • Jhong HilarioAbyong
    • Maria Isabel LopezMadonna
    • Julio DiazKap (Vic)
    • John RegalaSarge
    • Mark MeilyCriminology Professor
    • Mercedes CabralCecille
    • Allan PauleLeo
    • Susan AfricaSocorro

    Recommendations

    • 75

      Miami Herald

      This is more of an exercise in experiential cinema, as well as a blistering critique of a society that drives its poorest to unimaginable acts for mere survival.
    • 70

      The Hollywood Reporter

      With the artistic choices he has made, Mendoza achieves a singularity of purpose in hammering home his message, and the experience compels one to watch even as one wishes to turn away.
    • 60

      Time Out London

      The word exploitation comes to mind.
    • 40

      Variety

      Mendoza strengthens his gift for describing space with inquisitive cameras, but as the helmer’s star rises, his subtlety wanes, resulting in obvious statements made banal by heavy-handed ironies.

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