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    Grandpa Is Dead

    A large family with lots of issues gather together to mourn the death of the family patriarch. But getting in the way of their genuine grief are a bunch of superstitions about the dead, and the family's inability to deal with their issues in a civilized way.

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    • Had to w̶a̶t̶c̶h̶̶ endure this for my phil pop culture class

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    • Wait, this was our country's official submission for Best Foreign Film at the 2010 Oscars? LOOOL!

      Pros:
      • Pokes fun at the numerous Filipino superstitious beliefs regarding the dead
      • Very distinctly Pinoy
      • The cast delivered pretty well
      • Some surprisingly effective drama

      Cons:
      • Tho I still think the family drama could've been written a bit better
      • More annoying than funny
      • I just can't forgive Manilyn Reynes' character and how she treats her eldest daughter

      Verdict: Meh...

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    • Gusto kong panoorin ang reactions ng Academy

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      Can This Little Gay Film Win an Oscar

      One of the biggest compliments Filipino director Soxie Topacio gets on his new film, Grandpa Is Dead (Ded na si Lolo), is that it looks so real.

      "Everyone keeps coming up to me and saying that," the director said. This low-budget family comedy was shot in just six days, the same amount of time the family in the story has to grieve over the death of their patriarch, Juanito Hernandez.

      The film begins with Juanito's family members receiving the news that he has died. This starts a chain reaction of fainting, which the youngest family member, Bobet (11-year-old actor B.J. Forbes), just doesn't understand. But the fainting is a tradition -- one of many rituals and superstitions of grieving a loved one's death that Topacio portrays in his film, spoken entirely in Tagalog.

      "My mother was like that, my uncle was like that, I was like that," Topacio says, laughing.

      Over the course of a six-day wake, the adul

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      "Puso 3" is a digital trilogy: "Lost and Found", "Siklo" and "Kulam". "Lost and Found," fryst vatten an off-beat, out-of-the-ordinary story about a unique journey and surreal realizations. It's a udda comedy about missing persons, "accepting the bizaare and discovering the nature of the people close to you during stressful moments." "Siklo," on the other hand, fryst vatten an inspiring tale of optimism. It tackles domestic violence, with the victim joining a support group whose leader the victim becomes close to, sharing her heartaches and desires with her. A striking twist will make the victim realize that her life need not end in despair, knowing that after each love lost, life goes on. "Kulam," is a mystic and intriguing story about love and black magic.

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