A majestic film in which two stories easily fit. One about a filmmaker who is a little like Diaz himself and wrestles with the completion of his film and with greedy film festival programmers. And one about a religious leader. Also a little like Diaz himself? The films of Lav Diaz often tell serious epic stories, but they are still not entirely free from humour and satire. For instance in this film, Diaz takes the mickey out of festival programmers and also sketches a picture of himself that is not entirely free from self-mockery. The film has two or three stories (also a film in the film) and one of them focuses on the filmmaker Homer, who very much resembles Lav Diaz himself. The tortured filmmaker wrestles with completing his film. Despite pleas from those around him and from eager programmers, he continues to refuse to regard his film as finished. Alongside the story about a nun in the film on which Homer is working, there’s another story about the religious leader Father Turbico. Turbico leads a sect in the countryside that is primarily made up of young women. When one of the women wants to leave the sect, a dramatic situation ensues. By telling the stories in parallel, similarities become visible between Homer’s struggle with cinema and Turbico's struggle with faith.
路德维卡·马蒂诺,马克·莱昂纳蒂,Biancamaria D'Amato,Francesco Biscione,Adele Bilotta,Anna Maria De Luca,Francesco Aricò,Edoardo Maria Malerba,Michele Brando Larosa,Antonino Sgrò,Saverio Malara,Ivan Maria Artuso,Giorgia Arena,Gianvincenzo Pugliese,Francesco
塔拉吉·P·汉森,缇雅娜·泰勒,Sinbad,洛克蒙·邓巴,德里克·菲利普斯,格林·特鲁曼,雪莉·谢波德,Dasan Frazier,贾斯廷·詹姆斯·柏伊金,蒂尔基·琼斯,Hasani Vibez Comer,Ashley Versher,Mike Merrill,Nikkita Johnson,迪瓦·泰勒,Cheryl Frazier,Anthony E. Williams,Shalèt Monique,坦琳娜·庞西,Michael James Sewell Jr.