Kinatay
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Kinatay |
| Original title | Kinatay |
| Country of production | Philippines |
| original language | Tagalog |
| Publishing year | 2009 |
| length | 105 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 18 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Brilliant Mendoza |
| script | Armando Lao |
| production |
Didier Costet Ferdinand Lapuz |
| music | Teresa Barrozo |
| camera | Odyssey Flores |
| cut | Kats Serraon |
| occupation | |
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Execution of P ( Tagalog for slaughter ) is a Filipino Horror Drama from 2009 by director Brillante Mendoza . The film is about a young police student who takes part in an act of murder. The film took part in the 62nd Cannes International Film Festival . Director Mendoza received the award for best director for the film. According to Mendoza, the film is based on real facts.
action
The young police student Peping lives in the Philippine capital Manila with his fiancée Cecille and their just born child. The first 30 minutes of the film's plot is characterized in detail by Peping. His way to court, the marriage ceremony there and a small wedding celebration afterwards are shown. The director describes life in the slums of the big city in a documentary style. Above all, scenes of animal slaughter and transactions are shown here, which are recurring motifs in the film.
Financial worries plague Peping with the cost of her wedding, college, and family. That's why he collects protection money for police officers in the evenings. Through this contact he gets a bigger order. Without knowing more about the project or the destination, he gets into the minibus of the gang of policemen on his wedding night. On the way, the gang kidnaps the prostitute Madonna. This is followed by very long sequences of driving a car to convey Peping's uncertainty and ignorance of his situation.
Peping had a very good escape route that he didn't use. He was also given a pistol with which Madonna could possibly have saved. Instead, he helps carry out the deed against his will. Peping witnesses the gang raping, torturing, killing and then dismembering Madonna. On the way back, the gang scattered the different body parts in different places.
When they arrive back in Manila the next morning, Peping receives the promised money and drives home.
criticism
The reviews of the film varied greatly. Katrin Knauth from kino-zeit.de wrote: "It is a strong film, the attraction and pull of which one cannot escape despite all the brutality." In contrast, the film critic Birte Lüdeking accused the film of "clumsy symbolism" . The film critic Roger Ebert was also negative and wrote about the film: "[Kinatay] is a film that forces me to apologize to Vincent Gallo for calling The Brown Bunny the worst film in the history of the Cannes Film Festival." (Original: "[Kinatay] is a film that forces me to apologize to Vincent Gallo for calling The Brown Bunny the worst film in the history of the Cannes Film Festival." )
Locations
Kinatay was filmed in Valenzuela and Baclaran , among others . The KTV Club from which the later victim was abducted was called "Pacific Blues" in the film and actually existed in Parañaque . The film also partly contains scenes that were shot in Angeles City .
Awards
The film received awards in various categories at several film games. The film received a total of twelve awards and 20 other nominations. Among other things, director received the 2009 Cannes Film Festival the prize for best director and a nomination for the Palme d'Or.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for Kinatay . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , June 2010 (PDF; test number: 123 288 K).
- ↑ cf. Prize winners ( Memento of the original from June 15, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at festival-cannes.fr (English; accessed May 24, 2009)
- ↑ Press kitt (page 4; PDF; 2.8 MB)
- ↑ Kinatay on kino-zeit.de.
- ↑ Kinatay on critic.de
- ↑ Cannes # 4: What were they thinking of? ( Memento of the original from March 30, 2012 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on Ebert's blog
- ↑ Awards on imdb.com
Web links
- Execution of P in the Internet Movie Database (English)