If you’re looking for a great movie to watch this season, Ploning is a great movie to watch.

I was able to watch it last April 25, and it was just amazing. The last scenes had me bawling, and it wasn’t Gina Pareño’s tour de force moment of high drama.

What made the movie amazing were:

• The cinematography.
• Miss Judy Ann Santos’ subtle and alluring acting.
• The beauty of Cuyo.
• The fluidity of the story, the transitions, everything. It’s all like a dance!
• How it sears you to the bone and yet leaves you with a light feeling.
• It gives you something to think about.
• It is NOT your usual Filipino film.

Looking for something to watch other than the usual brainless slapstick fare? Looking for a glimmer that Philippine Cinema is on the way to a renaissance? Ploning the Movie is one movie you shouldn’t let out of your list of movies to watch.

For more of what it was like, more incisive pre-showing and post-watching analyses, head on here.

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