ADELA (ADELA)

Philippines - 2008 - Digital, 90 min.

Director:
  ADOLFO BORINAGA ALIX JR.
Script: Adolfo Borinaga Alix Jr., Nick Olanka
Production: Bicycle Pictures
Cast: Anita Linda, Jason Abalos, Joem Bascon, Kenneth Ocampo, Ricky Davao
Section:
  Focus On SE Asia
Screenings:
CCCB Auditori - 01/05 - 18:00
CCCB Auditori - 04/05 - 20:00

Adela, a former radio personality, lives on her own in a dump in the slums of Manila. While going through her daily chores, Adela gets swept up in the mundane and dramatic events of those around her and we glimpse her restrained honor and her loneliness. A compelling and heartbreaking portrait of the plight of the elderly in the Philippines. A powerful treatise on how destitution and corruption have forced families apart, and how the aged are often left to fend for themselves.

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