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AMOK
by Lawrence Anthony Fajardo
Philippines 2011 HDCam 83 min. OV Engl. ST

fri 23 nov 22.00 h Kulturpalast   

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The hectic, wild crossroad Pasay Rotonda in the sticky Philippine capital Manila serves as site for the story of a rampage. In the beginning everything takes its usual course in the labyrinth of the big city. The market-woman shows her little daughter, how to do business instead of sending her to school. The businessman finds out, that last night’s hooker is a man. The cabdriver refuses to drive a gay couple. When the bullets of an angry man start flying, the protagonists are doomed, and destiny inexorably takes its course.

„Fajardo’s technical exercise is a showcase of his talent for skewering disparate lives momentarily trapped in an urban labyrinth through a random act of violence.“ (filmmaker Khavn de la Cruz)

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