Norte, the End of History
Norte, hangganan ng kasaysayan
In the northern Philippine province of Luzon, a law-school
dropout commits a horrific double murder; a gentle family man takes the fall
and receives a life sentence, leaving behind a wife and two kids. A careful
rethinking of Dostoyevsky’s ‘Crime and Punishment’ shot in blazing colour, this
tour de force offers a masterful recapitulation of Diaz’s longstanding
obsessions: cultural memory, national guilt, and the origin of evil. The wounds
and defeats of Filipino history loom large in each of Diaz’s films. Fabian,
Norte’s tortured anti-hero, may well be his most indelible creation.
- Director
- Lav Diaz
- Country
- Philippines
- Year
- 2013
- Duration
- 250 mins
- Language
- Filipino with English subtitles.
- Cast
- Angeli Bayani, Archie Alemania, Sid Lucero
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