ML (film)

ML
Directed by Benedict Mique Jr.[1]
Written by Benedict Mique Jr.
Starring
Music by Pearlsha Abubakar-Quebral
Cinematography Anne Monzon
Edited by Mikael Pestano
Release date
Running time
 90 minutes[4]
Country Philippines
Language Filipino

ML is a 2018 Philippine independent film written and directed by Benedict Mique Jr., starring Eddie Garcia as a retired METROCOM Colonel suffering from dementia, leading him to believe that he is still living in the days of the Marcos dictatorship.[1][2] He mistakes a visiting student, played by Tony Labrusca as an activist resisting Marcos' Martial Law administration, and captures and torture the student, just as he did to activists back in the 1970s.[3][2] The film was released on August 3, 2018 at the 14th Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival.[1]

Along with Kip Oebanda's Liway, it is one of two Cinemalaya 2018 films featuring social commentary about the martial law, continuing the tradition of 2017's Respeto in light of the 2016 Burial of Ferdinand Marcos and the rise of his children Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Imee Marcos in Philippine politics.[1][5]

Synopsis

Carlo, an unapologetically millennial college jock, thinks that Martial Law wasn’t all that bad. No one in his family had anything bad to say about it, all he’s ever read are online posts on human rights violations. Confronted by a frustrated History professor, Carlo sets out to prove he is right and looks for someone who lived through that period to tell the tale.[4]

Cast

  • Eddie Garcia as Colonel dela Cruz
  • Tony Labrusca as Carlo
  • Liane Valentino as Pat
  • Henz Villaraiz as Jace
  • Jojit Lorenzo
  • Rafa Siguion-Reyna
  • Chanel Latorre
  • Chrome Cosio

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Alejo, Aubrey (2018-07-06). "5 Most Exciting Reasons To Watch Cinemalaya 2018". Meg.
  2. 1 2 3 Abanilla, Clarizel (2018-07-25). "Eddie Garcia on 'ML,' his 3rd Cinemalaya starring film". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 2018-07-31.
  3. 1 2 "WATCH: Tony Labrusca is tortured in new film about martial law". ABS-CBN News. 2018-07-13. Retrieved 2018-07-31.
  4. 1 2 "ML: Cinemalaya". Cinemalaya. 2018.
  5. ↑ Babiera, Lester G. (2018-07-09). "2018 Cinemalaya tackles travails of aging and horrors of martial law". Retrieved 2018-07-31.

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