Special Screenings · 44th Edition
When The Waves Are Gone
Kapag Wala Nang Mga Alon
Director
Lav Diaz
Country
Philippines, Denmark, Portugal, France
Runtime
3 h 7 min
Language
Tagalog
Premiere
MENA premiere (Middle East and North Africa)
Synopsis
A dedicated lieutenant lives in a moral crossroad as the police forces commit atrocities against drug dealers. Guilt gets him a severe skin disease. When he tries to heal a dark past comes back to his life.
Cast
John Lloyd Cruz, Ronnie Lazaro, Shamaine Centenera- Buencamino, Dms Boongaling
Screenplay
Lav Diaz
Producers
Bianca Balbuena, Bradley Liew, Jean-Christophe Simon, Joaquim Sapinho, Marta Alves
About the Director
A director from the Philippines. He is especially notable for the length of his work, his films not being governed by time but by space and nature. His work mostly deals with the social and political struggles of his motherland. Since 1998 he has directed eighteen films, and won numerous international awards including the Locarno Golden Leopard (FROM WHAT IS BEFORE), the Berlinale Alfred Bauer Silver Bear (A LULLABY TO THE SORROWFUL MYSTERY) and the Venice Golden Lion (THE WOMAN WHO LEFT).
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