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DEATH IN THE LAND OF ENCANTOS (KAGADANAN SA BANWAAN NING MGA ENGKANTO)
Philippines - 2007 - Betacam, 540 min.
- Director:
- LAV DIAZ
- Production: Hubert Bals Fund, Sine Olivia Pilipinas.
Cast: Roeder Camanag, Perry Dizon, Angeli Bayani, Dante Perez,
Sophia Aves, Gemma Cuenca. - Section:
- D-cinema
- Screenings:
- Espacio cultural Caja Madrid - 03/05 - 11:00
In November 2006, hurricane Durian swept through the Philippines killing hundreds of people as well as burying whole villages in the Bicol region. In Death in the Land of Encantos the devastated landscape is filmed from a documentary perspective. The film has three fictional characters. The poet Benjamin Augustan has just returned to the Philippines from a long stay in Russia. Like his friends -an artist and a poet converted into a farmer- he has lost his loved ones. That is the reason the three remain together.
