Watch Limbunan at the CCP Manila
Posted by: Rhon / Category: Culture, Entertainment, Films, Indigenous People, Movie
Watch Cinemalaya screening
on July 10 – 17 at the Cultural Center of the Philippines, its going to be a whole week of fun watching different flicks from exceptional filmmakers.
Meanwhile may I share the official trailer of Limbunan, a film by a Moro Filmmaker, Guttierrez Mangansakan II of the Bidadali House. This is an official entry to the Cinemalaya Film Festival under the Full length Category. The film was actually shot at Calinan, Davao City which starred a Local Artist, Jea Lyka Cinco where being paired to hot icon Joem Bascon for this film. The film also starred a top Caliber actress, Tetchie Agbayani, whom I have always admired since she starred in the Macario Sakay Film.
674″>Official Trailer – Limbunan from Bidadali House on Vimeo.
Synopsis:
Set in 1989, the film captures the ritual motions of the women in a family preparing for the wedding of 16-year-old Ayesah who has been betrothed to a man she barely knows. As Maguindanaon tradition dictates, she will be kept from public view in her private quarters –limbunan— where she will be prepared, readied, and pampered for her wedding.
As preparations for her union is underway, Ayesah is reunited with her childhood tutor Maguid who returns to the village as a militiaman after an absence of five years, reawakening Ayesah’s past memory of childhood infatuation.
Throughout Ayesah’s confinement her precocious and rebellious eight-year-old sister Saripa becomes her eyes to the world beyond her room. Her mother Amina keeps her composure despite the fact her husband sleeps with his second wife half of the time, finding solace in the belief that it is both her religious and familial duty to be an obedient wife.
Ayesah’s aunt Farida is tasked to ensure that she is prepared for the wedding. However, Farida’s dark past challenges Ayesah’s resolve finding herself choosing between love and loyalty to tradition and family.
Screening Schedules for the Cinemalaya Filmfest is all set, please read on:
Limbunan Film Screening Schedule
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