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Confessional

A Window on Asian Cinema

Crime/Violence · Love/Romance · Social Criticism · Films about Film

  • CountryPhilippines
  • Production Year2007
  • Running Time86min
  • FormatDigi Beta
  • ColorCOLOR
Program Note
Confessional is a film that questions the borderline between truth and lies. However there is a surprising twist at the end. Ryan, who works as a video editing engineer, heads for Cebu island with his girlfriend Monet to participate in a documentary contest at the Sinulog Festival. While filming a documentary on the Sinulog Festival, Ryan meets and interviews the ex-mayor Lito, who has been linked with many crimes. Surprisingly, Lito begins to confess the crimes he had committed. Witnessing a crime scene guided by Lito, Ryan runs away in horror but comes back to face Lito. Lito offers advice to Ryan by saying, ‘if you want to become an excellent documentary film director, you must be a little smarter and also objective.’ Ryan comes to a certain realization. He then witnesses a real murder scene and films it on his camera. All of this is the truth. But at that moment, Ryan comes to think ‘he has caught a great scene’. Hence, the question arises, is there any meaning in separating truth from lies? Directors Jerrold Tarog and Ruel Dahis Antipuesto present a different story in the film from the one they have begun with, and this comes as a great shock to the audience. (KIM Ji-Seok)
Director
Director
Ruel Dahis Antipuesto
Ruel Dahis Antipuesto is a self‐taught photographer and filmmaker. He got hold of a video camera in 2002 and has been making music videos, documentaries, animation, short features and commercials ever since. He now runs a visual communications company in Cebu City and teaches on the side.
Director
Jerrold Tarog
Jerrold Tarog is a multi award-winning Filipino filmmaker who writes, edits, scores and directs his own films. His feature film debut, [Confessional], has already won 12 major awards, including the Best Film prize in the First Features Category of the 10th OSIAN’s Cinefan in India. He also composes for feature films, with critically‐acclaimed titles under his belt, including [Summer Heat], [Foster Child] (both directed by Brillante Mendoza), and [The Bet Collector] (directed by Jeffrey Jeturian).
Credit
  • Director
    Ruel Dahis Antipuesto
    Jerrold Tarog
  • ProducerRonald ARGUELLES
  • CastJerrold TAROG
    Publio BRIONES Ⅲ
    Owee SALVA
  • ScreenplayJerrold TAROG
  • CinematographyRuel ANTIPUESTO
  • EditorJerrold TAROG
  • SoundJerrold TAROG
  • MusicJerrold TAROG
    AROMSI
  • Production CompanyCREATIVE PROGRAMS
    INC. (CPI)
  • World SalesABS-CBN DISTRIBUTIOM C/O REENA GARINGAN
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