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  1. www.imdb.com › title › tt1496792Lola (2009) - IMDb

    May 5, 2010 · Two elderly women bear the consequences of a crime involving their respective grandsons. One is the victim, the other is the suspect. Both weak and poor, they laboriously solicit money in the midst of a storm, one for the victim's burial, the other for the suspect's bail bond. Director. Brillante Mendoza.

  2. After the infamy that accompanied Mendoza's "Kinatay" / "Butchered" at the 2009 Cannes film festival, I decided to see what all the fuss was about and catch his latest film Lola. This is a social realist film that's attempting to capture something about modern Philippine city life in Manila.

  3. Oct 19, 2013 · Lola (Grandmother) is a Filipino independent film about two grandmothers living in the slums of Malabon, Manila, who are trying to cope with the "loss" of th...

  4. Oct 17, 2009 · This little indie film, screened as part of the Director's Fortnight section, tackles the state of foster care in the Philippines. There's no sex and violence in Foster Child, but it is as evocative and as gut wrenching as his two other movies.

  5. Grandmother (also known as Lola) is a 2009 Filipino-French independent drama film directed by Brillante Mendoza. It was entered into the main competition at the 66th edition of the Venice Film Festival.

  6. Brillante Mendoza (Tagalog: [brɪlˈjantɛ mɛnˈdɔsɐ]; born July 30, 1960), also known as Dante Mendoza, is a Filipino independent filmmaker. Mendoza is known one of the key members associated with the Philippine New Wave .

  7. Jul 23, 2022 · Watch These Local Indie Films When You're Tired of Seeing The Same Cliché Box Office Hits. Let’s face it, Filipinos are past the need for predictable love stories and cookie-cutter slapstick comedy films. By Juno Ileana Reyes | Jul 23, 2022. There’s more to Philippine cinema than predictable dramas and slapstick comedies.