Quite an impressive short film from Khavn, who is considered the father of the digital filmmaking in the Philippines. Furthermore, Khavn is quite an artist, as he is also an award-winning poet and novelist, an acclaimed composer, songwriter, singer and pianist and leader of a band named Brockas. In this particular short, he also enlisted the cinematographer Christopher Doyle and Tadanobu Asano, thus resulting in an impressive production.
The film takes place in Manila, where a crime boss (aka The GodFather) rules by using a poet who recites religious poems in order to lure customers, although he frequently resorts to violence by unleashing his numerous henchmen. At one point, he assigns his most trusted one (aka The Criminal) to guard a whore of his (aka The Prostitute). Eventually however, and as the title so eloquently states, they fall in love with each other and try to run away,...
The film takes place in Manila, where a crime boss (aka The GodFather) rules by using a poet who recites religious poems in order to lure customers, although he frequently resorts to violence by unleashing his numerous henchmen. At one point, he assigns his most trusted one (aka The Criminal) to guard a whore of his (aka The Prostitute). Eventually however, and as the title so eloquently states, they fall in love with each other and try to run away,...
- 7/29/2021
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
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