Jay
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Francis Xavier Pasion
Chuck Gutierrez
Ronald Mangubat
Carlo Mendoza
Francis Xavier Pasion
Francis Xavier Pasion
Film Details
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Synopsis
A woman narrator of the Channel 8 show "Dearly Departed Ones" introduces us to a reality program which focuses a family's reaction to a sudden death. She takes us to a village in Pampanga, on Ash Wednesday 2008, and introduces Luz Mercado as she wakes up early, little suspecting the terrible news she is about to hear on TV. Luz's eldest son Jay, a schoolteacher working in Manila who was about to transfer to a lucrative post in Baltimore, has been stabbed to death in an apparent gay sex-crime. About ten minutes into this ugliness, we backtrack and observe how TV director Jay Santiago and his crew manipulated the situation and set up the re-enactments. What follows is a satire on the ethics of contemporary TV production.
Director
Francis Xavier Pasion
Film Details
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Miscellaneous Notes
Shown at London Film Festival (World Cinema) October 15-30, 2008.
Shown at Pusan International Film Festival (Window on Asian Cinema) October 2-10, 2008.
Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival (Bright Future) January 21-February 1, 2009.
Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival (Dragons and Tigers) September 25-October 10, 2008.
Shown at Venice International Film Festival (Horizons) August 27-September 6, 2008.
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dialogue Filipino
