Tucked away in a remote forest, the convent of Adoration is inhabited by a group of nuns seeking a peaceful life of devotion and discipline, filling their days with nothing but mundane chores and prayers. But the wish for a life in isolation is threatened when President Ferdinand Marcos declares martial law, and political protests and chaos begin to infiltrate every corner of the archipelago. Suddenly, the nuns find themselves engulfed in violence and unrest that will eventually put their faith and conscience to the test.

You'll never look at a statue of the Virgin Mary the same way again. Based on the assertion that divine apparitions aren’t what they always appear to be, Vesuvius is an interesting take on the psychopath with Catholicism smacked against the background. Gio Alvarez provides a convincing portrayal of a madman, and people can even argue if this short inclines toward the supernatural or the psychological. Whereas Grave Torture uses darkness impeccably, Vesuvius plays with light so well.

Middle class school girl Bona (Nora Aunor) skips class to hang around the sets of bit actor Gardo (Philip Salvador). When her father attempts to beat some sense into her, Bona moves into Gardo’s shack in the slums, delighted to play house–only to find herself not the wife, but the maid.

一群戴着面具、全副武装的穆斯林教徒冲进一栋酒店，不分对象地就劫持了12个人，作为人质。他们的原意是要劫持世界银行的工作人员作为人质的，可不幸的是，他们劫错了人。这些被绑架的人多是些游客和基督教的传教士。现在，这群人被迫要走向菲律宾的丛林深处，或是逃跑、或是保命。
但是一旦走到了丛林之中，自然就开始公平地对待每一个人。恶劣的环境、多变而复杂的地形成为了每个人的敌人——不论你是人质和绑架者。慢慢地，事情开始了变化。绑架者开始抱怨，而被绑架的人则开始了宗教意义上的“脱罪”。时间一长，整个事态都发生了巨大的变化。

故事从一椿杀人案件展开，此案的被害者和杀人犯两个人各有一个阿嬷，镜头从她们弱小的身体背影开始拍起，在彷彿雨下不停的马尼拉街头四处奔波，各自发展出不同的叙事线。一-个既想为孙子筹丧葬费，更要藉司法力量讨回公道；另一个努力借贷疏通，一心想把孙儿早日从狱中救出。两个理应敌对的「惊世阿嬷」，一路在编导的巧妙安排铺陈之下，最后竟不-可思议地产生交集。曼多萨以大量的手持摄影与跟拍，分头让观众交错看见两个立场截然不同的老太太，如何以旺盛的生命力，各自以自己的毅力和坚持，为他们的孙子捍卫正义。近乎于纪录片般的影像-律动，展现写实精准的场面调度，并同时在情节堆栈的过程间，间接逼视了菲律宾底层人民生活的现实困顿。
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