Deadma Walking

Deadma Walking
Deadma Walking
Directed by	Julius Alfonso
Written by	Eric Cabahug
Produced by	Rex A. Tiri
Starring	Edgar Allan Guzman; Joross Gamboa;
Cinematography	Lee Briones
Edited by	Vanessa de Leon
Music by	Von de Guzman
Production; company	T-Rex Entertainment
Distributed by	OctoArts Films
Release date	December 25, 2017;
Running time	109 minutes
Country	Philippines
Language	Filipino
Box office	₱26 million

Deadma Walking is a 2017 Philippine comedy - drama musical^[1] film, directed by Julius Alfonso.

The film is about a terminally ill gay man who fakes his own death to attend his own wake to hear his friends views on him.

The film, based on a Palanca Award-winning screenplay, was commercially released in the Philippines on December 25, 2017 as part of the 43rd Metro Manila Film Festival.

Cast[]

Main[]

Edgar Allan Guzman as Mark "Crying Diva"

He is the best friend of John.

Joross Gamboa as John "Dying Diva" Samson/Yolly Redgrave

John Samson: He is a terminally ill gay man who fakes his own death. He is also known as "Migs," short for amiga, Spanish word for "female friend."

Yolly Redgrave: She is the disguise of John in order to attend his own funeral.

Supporting[]

She is the only sister of John. Mary had misunderstandings between his brother John as she was not able to go home when their mother died.

Gerald Anderson as Luke
Vin Abrenica as Joseph
Eugene Domingo as the leading lady on the fictional French film Au Revoir
Bobby Andrews as doctor

Cameo[]

Iza Calzado
Joseph Bitangcol as policeman

Production[]

Deadma Walking was directed by Julius Alfonso and produced under T-Rex Productions. Eric Cabahug began writing the screenplay of the film in 2014, predating Die Beautiful another film which Deadma Walking has been compared to by two years. Alfonso sees his film as with "more heart" than Die Beautiful and remarks that "the character doesn’t really die" in Deadma Walking while the protagonist in the other film "really dies".^[2]

The screenplay of the film won second prize of the Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature in 2016.^[3]

Release[]

Float of Dead Walking at the MMFF Parade of the Stars.

The film was commercially released in the Philippines on December 25, 2017 as part of the 43rd Metro Manila Film Festival.

Reception[]

Box office[]

Deadma Walking garnered a total of ₱26 million box office gross during the official run of the 2017 Metro Manila Film Festival.^[4]

References[]

^ Cuartero, Nestor (14 November 2017). "Enter 'Deadma Walking' 'beshie' movie for everybody". Tempo (in English and Filipino). Retrieved 21 November 2017.
^ Lo, Ricky (25 May 2017). "It's dying even more beautifully". The Philippine Star (in English and Filipino). Retrieved 21 November 2017.
^ Carvajal, Dolly Anne (5 June 2017). "Joross and EA on love, gender-bending new characters". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
^ "'Gandarrapido: The Revenger Squad' tops MMFF 2017 box office". Rappler. 18 January 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2018.

External links[]

Deadma Walking at IMDb

[beshietempo-1] Cuartero, Nestor (14 November 2017). "Enter 'Deadma Walking' 'beshie' movie for everybody". Tempo (in English and Filipino). Retrieved 21 November 2017.

[2] Lo, Ricky (25 May 2017). "It's dying even more beautifully". The Philippine Star (in English and Filipino). Retrieved 21 November 2017.

[3] Carvajal, Dolly Anne (5 June 2017). "Joross and EA on love, gender-bending new characters". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 21 November 2017.

[4] "'Gandarrapido: The Revenger Squad' tops MMFF 2017 box office". Rappler. 18 January 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2018.

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