Joel Torre — Actor (11)
Ipaglaban mo: The Movie (1996) [Movie] Douban IMDb
Kapag May Katwiran... Ipaglaban Mo: The Movie
director: Marilou Diaz-Abaya actor: Chin Chin Gutierrez / Sharmaine Arnaiz
other title: 貴女のためにたたかう / Redeem Her Honor
The melding together of two separate stories that share a similar premise - each detail the account of a young Filipino woman who becomes a victim of sexual violence and takes her attacker to court.
McBain (1991) [Movie] WikiData IMDb Douban TMDB
McBain
other title: 아메리칸 코만도 / マクベイン
Santos attempts to lead a people's revolt in Colombia to overthrow the Presidente. When his revolt fails and he is killed, his sister Christina goes to New York to find McBain, a lieutenant Santos rescued during the Vietnam War. McBain agrees to help, recruits his old war buddies, raises some cash by killing a few drug dealers, then leads an attack to topple the Colombian government.
On the Job (2021) [TV] WikiData TMDB
On the Job
director: Erik Matti actor: John Arcilla / 丹尼斯·特里洛
other title: 亡命刺殺令 / 亡命刺杀令
The series centres around crime syndicates that temporarily release contracted prison inmates to carry out political assassinations for those in power, except that the crime syndicates are run by politicians. The series also puts a spotlight on the real-world predicament concerning fake news and how easily truth can be manufactured and disseminated to the public in today's age of information.
Century of Birthing (2011) [Movie] Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
Siglo ng pagluluwal
director: Lav Diaz actor: Perry Dizon / 安吉尔·阿基诺
other title: 生育的世纪 / Siglo ng pagluluwal
A majestic film in which two stories easily fit. One about a filmmaker who is a little like Diaz himself and wrestles with the completion of his film and with greedy film festival programmers. And one about a religious leader. Also a little like Diaz himself?
The films of Lav Diaz often tell serious epic stories, but they are still not entirely free from humour and satire. For instance in this film, Diaz takes the mickey out of festival programmers and also sketches a picture of himself that is not entirely free from self-mockery.
The film has two or three stories (also a film in the film) and one of them focuses on the filmmaker Homer, who very much resembles Lav Diaz himself. The tortured filmmaker wrestles with completing his film. Despite pleas from those around him and from eager programmers, he continues to refuse to regard his film as finished. Alongside the story about a nun in the film on which Homer is working, there’s another story about the religious leader Father Turbico. Turbico leads a sect in the countryside that is primarily made up of young women. When one of the women wants to leave the sect, a dramatic situation ensues.
By telling the stories in parallel, similarities become visible between Homer’s struggle with cinema and Turbico's struggle with faith.
Evolution of a Filipino Family (2004) [Movie] Douban IMDb WikiData TMDB
Ebolusyon ng isang pamilyang pilipino
director: 拉夫·迪亚兹 actor: Pen Medina / Ronnie Lazaro
other title: 一个菲律宾家庭的进化 / Ebolusyon ng isang pamilyang pilipino
Depicting the struggles of Filipinos in rural areas under the brutal Marcos regime, a family of poor farmers tries to overcome the challenges brought on by corruption and greed for power spanning 1971 to 1987.