Mike De Leon in 8 films - Portrait of a Filipino filmmaker

Mike De Leon in 8 films - Portrait of a Filipino filmmaker (1976-2018)
by Mike DeLeon

Carlotta Films – March 20, 2023

Original Title :
Audio : DTS HD MA 5.1: Filipino
DTS HD MA 2.0: Filipino / DTS HD MA 1.0: Filipino
Subtitles : French
Duration : 889' ( 2:49 p.m. )
Format : Blu-ray Box
Genre : Drama, Horror, Musical, Crime, Comedy

Synopsis
- The Rites of May (Itim, 1976, 105'):
A young photographer based in Manila, Jun decides to return to his hometown to visit his father, a former doctor who became paralyzed after a car accident. During his stay, he carried out a photo report on the local rites celebrated during Holy Week. On this occasion, he meets the mysterious Teresa. As the two young people become friends, she talks to him about her sister Rosa, who has recently passed away, but whose presence continues to haunt her...

- It was a dream (Kung mangarap ka't magising, 1977, 112'):
Joey, a carefree young man, left Manila where his wealthy family lives to study in Baguio. There, he meets Ana, a young woman also from the capital, who will upset him...

- Chill? (Kakabakaba ka ba?, 1980, 104'):
Upon his return from Japan, Johnny is unaware that he has in his hands a mysterious audio cassette that will put him in danger. Chased by two gangsters who intend to recover the precious object, Johnny and his friends Nonong, Nancy and Melanie try to escape them, but it was without counting on Madame Lily and her Chinese acolytes who add to the chaos of the situation...

- Kisapmata (1981, 90'):
Dadong, a retired policeman, is particularly reluctant when his only daughter Mila announces to him that she is going to marry Noel and that she is pregnant. Faced with the insistence of the young couple, the authoritarian father accepts the marriage, on the condition that his future son-in-law pays a ridiculously expensive dowry. Then begins a series of demands from Dadong, who intends to exercise his patriarchal domination despite everything...

- Batch '81 (1982, 100'):
To join the Alpha Kappa Omega student fraternity, eight young men must overcome a particularly violent initiation ritual that lasts several months: humiliations of all kinds, acts of torture and daily hazing...

- Paradise cannot be shared (Hindi nahahati ang langit, 1985, 127'):
To join the Alpha Kappa Omega student fraternity, eight young men must overcome a particularly violent initiation ritual that lasts several months: humiliations of all kinds, acts of torture and daily hazing...

- Heroes of the Third World (Bayaning 3rd World, 2000, 93'):
Two directors attempt the challenge of making a film about Filipino national hero José Rizal, executed by the Spanish colonial government for the crime of rebellion after the outbreak of the Philippine Revolution in 1896. Both men fail on the question of whether to whether or not he renounced his opposition to the Catholic Church. They interview key people in Rizal's life, but the answers they get are murky...

- Citizen Jake (2018, 137'):
Jake Herrera, a journalist and blogger obsessed with his country's corruption, struggles with his family history by trying to expose the misdeeds of his senator father, faithful companion of dictator Ferdinand Marcos. Before the 2016 elections, as he continues his lonely fight against his father, he begins to investigate the death of a young woman.