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Kinatay (transl. Butchered or English: The Execution of P) is a 2009 thriller film directed by Brillante Mendoza and written by Armando Lao. The story is centered on a criminology student (Coco Martin) who accidentally joins a syndicate to make enough money for his family, and gets involved in murder and dismembering of an erring ...
Jul 31, 2009 · Kinatay is a neo-realist film that follows a police cadet who witnesses the brutal murder of a prostitute by corrupt cops. The film won the Cannes Film Festival's Best Director Award, but it is also a difficult and numbing watch that challenges the audience's patience and sensibility.
Both the most famous, for being the first Filipino film to net Best Director Award in Cannes, among a number of other awards from festivals all over the world, and the most notorious, considering how a number of critics slammed it, “Kinatay” is definitely a landmark for local cinema, as much as for Mendoza, whose international legend ...
Sep 18, 2009 · A 2009 Filipino film by Brillante Mendoza that won the Cannes best director prize. It depicts the brutal rape and murder of a prostitute by corrupt policemen and the impact on a young couple's wedding.
Kinatay is a 2009 thriller film directed by Brillante Mendoza and written by Armando Lao. The story is centered on a criminology student who accidentally joins a syndicate...
Journey into darkness. A young man tries to make some money so he can marry his girlfriend. He takes a job for $2,000 and then soon realizes that this job involves killing a woman. Remove Ads.
Synopsis. Peping, a criminology student, is recruited by his schoolmate, Abyong, to work as a part-time errand boy for a local syndicate that collects protection fees from various businesses in Manila. Abyong contacts Peping to join a “special project” that pays more than normal…. Our take.