JERRY OLEA
Kalahok ang huling pelikula nina Cherie Gil at Miguel Faustmann na Elehiya sa “in10City” o QCinema International Film Festival ngayong Nobyembre 17-26, 2022.
Read: Triangle of Sadness, Cherie Gil’s last film Elehiya, to debut at QCinema 2022
Ang pelikula ay idinirek ni Loy Arcenas, at magkatuwang sila ni Raquel Villavicencio sa screenplay nito.
Pumanaw si Miguel noong Mayo habang natutulog, samantalang nag-succumb si Cherie sa kanser noong Agosto.
Dedicated ni Direk Loy kina Cherie at Miguel ang Elehiya.
“It will serve as a fitting memorial to two of the Philippines’ most brilliant theatre and film artists, Cherie and Miguel,” sabi ni Direk Loy sa mediacon noong Nobyembre 3, Huwebes, sa Seda Hotel, Quezon City.
Miguel Faustman and Cherie Gil in Elehiya
Ang orihinal na titulo ng pelikula ay Mirador. Bakit pinalitan ang pamagat at ginawang Elehiya?
“Kasi, at first, malaki ang scope ng Mirador, e. It was about the people in the estate,” paliwanag ni Direk Loy.
“Pero when we changed the focus of the film, it became about the story of the downward spiral of Dr. Celine de Miranda, yung karakter ni Cherie.
“By the time we were finished with the film, we were looking for a new title. And it looked like, in the end, it felt like it was really the story of the woman. Kasi, Elehiya, e.
“It could mean so many things. Elegy. Kasi, what do you do when the person you fall in love with does not love you anymore? Pagkatapos what happens if that person dies?
“So how do you resolve that? What do you own when it comes to that, di ba? So it’s really about that loss, e.
“And then after that, of course, part of it is already because that’s the last film of Cherie.”
Prinodyus ang Elehiya ng Cinematografo Originals, cineHandurawan, Daluyong Studios, at Voyage Studios.
Nasa cast din ng pelikula sina Sue Prado, Erlinda Villalobos at Ross Pesigan.
GORGY RULA
Noong 2018 pa natapos ang shooting ng pelikulang Elehiya pero natagalan ang post production nito.
“We started fixing it, 2019. But then, the pandemic came in,” salaysay ni Direk Loy.
Nasa Cebu noon si Direk Loy kaya hindi sila magkatagpo ng mga katuwang sa post prod. Nagpa-delay rin ang eleksyon.
Paliwanag ni Direk Loy, “There was no way we could get people to concentrate on the film. The politics came in, you know.
“I mean, everybody was involved in politics. So we started working on it again after, di ba?”
Nilinaw ni Direk Loy na nakunan nila lahat ng kailangang eksena. Wala silang reshoot or additional shooting.
Aniya, “Everything, lahat ng makikita ninyo ay from the original shoot. We just reconfigured the story. As I’ve said, before it was about the social critique of the people who live in the estate.
“Pero we realized that it was better to concentrate on her story.”
Lalaban ang pelikulang Elehiya sa Asian New Wave Section ng nasabing filmfest.
NOEL FERRER
Inisip ng mga producer na isali sana itong Elehiya sa Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) 2022 pero buti na lang, sa QCinema nila ito inilahok.
Sana nga ay tangkilikin ito ng ating manonood, at ipakita ang suporta sa unti-unting pagbangon ng ating industriya na pilit pa ring bumabawi sa matinding hagupit ng pandemya.
Papanoorin ko ito at susuportahan ang mga pelikula sa QCinema na pawang maaayos at magaganda ang selection.
Ang venues para sa 10-day festival ay Gateway Cineplex, Trinoma Cinemas, SM North EDSA, ang bagong Cinema76 (Tomas Morato Ave.), at ang Power Plant Mall sa Rockwell Center, Makati City.
Strictly invitational ang screening ng opening film na Triangle of Sadness tonight sa Gateway Cineplex sa Araneta City.
JERRY OLEA
QCinema’s Screen International section showcases the world’s renowned directors.
David Cronenberg is back in form with his sci-fi horror Crimes Of The Future, starring Viggo Mortensen, Lea Seydoux, and Kirsten Stewart.
The film premiered in Cannes’ main competition. Cronenberg’s latest film follows a world-renowned performance artist couple, who performs surgery to audiences, in a future world where human evolution has accelerated for some individuals.
Also from Cannes competition, Jerzy Skolimowski’s EO was awarded the Jury Prize. EO is inspired from a Robert Bresson classic film, Au Hassard Balthazar, and it follows the life of a donkey born in a Polish circus.
The circus animal encounters good and bad people along its journey through Europe, experiencing both joy and pain. Isabelle Huppert, who recently visited the country, joins the cast of Polish actors.
Arthouse favorite Hang Sang-soo graces QCinema’s screens for the first time with his latest ouevre, Walk Up.
A recipient of the top awards in Berlin, Locarno, and Venice, he works another variation of his casual encounters and chatter that grace his works with melancholic gentleness. The film reflects on familiar spaces and characters that the prolific Korean master has been known for.
One of Costa Rica’s renowned filmmakers, Valentina Maurel, scored multiple wins in Locarno, winning Best Actress, Best Actor, and Best Director awards for I Have Electric Dreams.
Its young adult protagonist lives with her mother while struggling to reconnect with her estranged father. This, as she tries to balance the tenderness and sensitivity of teenage life.
A scene from I Have Electric Dreams
Denmark-based Iranian film director and screenwriter Ali Abbasi’s third feature film Holy Spider will also be screened at QCinema.
Holy Spider is an internationally co-produced Persian-language crime thriller that depicts a fictional female journalist investigating a serial killer. It is based on the true story of Saeed Hanaei, a serial killer who targeted sex workers and killed 16 women from 2000 to 2001 in Mashhad, Iran.
The film was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival.
It won for Zar Amir Ebrahimi the festival's Best Actress Award. It was also selected as the Danish entry for Best International Feature Film at the 95th Academy Awards.
The 2022 drama film of Austrian filmmaker Marie Kreutzer, whose films were screened at Berlin, Cannes, Toronto, and New York, Corsage is also at Screen International.
Corsage had its world premiere at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival on May 20, 2022, in the Un Certain Regard section.
It is a fictional account of one year in the life of Empress Elisabeth of Austria. On Christmas Eve 1877, Elisabeth, once idolized for her beauty, turns 40 and is officially deemed an old woman; she starts trying to maintain her public image.
Close, French-language Belgian drama film, is directed by Belgian film director and screenwriter Lukas Dhont.
The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, to critical acclaim and the Grand Prix. It is Belgium's submission for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film at the 95th Academy Awards.
Close is about the friendship between two thirteen-year-old boys Leo and Remi, which suddenly gets disrupted. Struggling to understand what has happened, Léo approaches Sophie, Rémi's mother.
A scene from Close