GRANDMOTHER
synopsis
A Manilla, two elderly women find themselves confronted by a shared drama: Lola Sepia has just lost her grandson, stabbed to death by a cellphone thief; Lola Puring is the grandmother of the young murderer who is awaiting trial. One needs money to provide her grandson with a decent funeral, while the other fights to get her own grandson out of jail. Wandering through the city's streets under pounding rain, they both struggle indefatigably for their respective family's salvation.
international title: | Grandmother |
original title: | Lola |
country: | France, Philippines |
sales agent: | The Match Factory |
year: | 2009 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Brillante Mendoza |
film run: | 110' |
release date: | FR 05/05/2010, DE 15/07/2010, ES 03/12/2010 |
screenplay: | Linda Casimiro |
cast: | Anita Linda, Rustica Carpio, Tanya Gomez, Jhong Hilario, Ketchup Eusebio, Benjie Filomeno |
cinematography by: | Odyssey Flores |
film editing: | Kats Serraon |
art director: | Dante Mendoza |
music: | Teresa Barrozo |
producer: | Ferdinand Lapuz, Freddy Braidy |
production: | Swift Productions, Centerstage Productions (PH) |
distributor: | Swift, Rapid Eye Movies |