Cinema of the World

When The Waves Are Gone

Director : Lav Diaz
Country : Philippines, France, Portugal, Denmark
Language : Tagalog
Duration : 197 minutes
Year : 2022
Cinema of the World

Synopsis

Lt. Hermes Papauran, one of the best investigators of the Philippines, is in a deep moral crossroad, being a witness to his institution’s being a party to a murderous anti-drug campaign, which is spearheaded by no less than the president of the country, Rodrigo Duterte. The moment Duterte sat as the new president of the Philippines in the year 2016, his biggest act was launching his so-called war against drugs, shocking the world for its brutality and the ensuing human rights abuses. Extra-judicial killings attributed to drugs have become rampant and most of the crimes are connected to the police. The atrocities are corroding Lt. Papauran physically and spiritually. He suffers from severe psoriasis, a skin disease resulting from insidious anxiety. A dark past haunts him and it has eventually and literally come back for a reckoning, for a closure

Lav Diaz

Director

Lavrente Indico Diaz (born December 30, 1958) is a Filipino independent filmmaker and former film critic. He is frequently known as one of the key members of the slow cinema movement, and has made several of the longest narrative films on record. Diaz is one of the most critically acclaimed contemporary Filipino filmmakers.

Diaz started making films in the late 1990s. His first international exposure was at the Hong Kong International Film Festival in 1999 with his directorial debut Serafin Geronimo: Kriminal ng Baryo Concepcion (The Criminal of Barrio Concepcion). The Hong Kong event went on to present his next two features: Naked Under the Moon in 2000 and Batang West Side in 2001. European film festivals only caught on with Norte, the End of History (2013), which was entered into the Un Certain Regard section of the 2013 Cannes Film Festival and received much critical praise.

Cast

– John Lloyd Cruz
– Ronie Lazaro
– Shamaine Buencamino

Crew

– Director: Lav Diaz
– Producer: Jean Christophe Simon, Bradley Liew, Bianca Balbuena, Joaquim Sapinho
– Editor: Lav Diaz
– Writer: Lav Diaz
– Dop: Larry Manda

Festivals

International Film Festival of India 2022
Winner – Best Director

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