Heremias

Heremias
Heremias
Directed by	Lav Diaz
Written by	Lav Diaz
Produced by	Celso De Guzman
Starring	Ronnie Lazaro
Cinematography	Tamara Benitez
Edited by	Lia Martinez
Music by	Earl Drilon
Languages	Filipino, Tagalog

Heremias, also Unang aklat: Ang alamat ng prinsesang bayawak, is a 2006 Filipino indie crime drama film directed and written by Lav Diaz. It stars Ronnie Lazaro, Jordan and Sid Lucero as a bad cop.^[1] The 9-hour digital film (540-minutes) ^[2] was produced by Celso De Guzman, with principal cinematography by Tamara Benitez, and was shot in Pililla, Rizal, Luzon. The film is "the story of a farmer (Ronnie Lazaro) who makes a pact with God to save a girl from rape."^[3]

Cast[]

Ronnie Lazaro as Heremias
Jordan as The Cow
Sid Lucero as Sgt. Querubin
as Mang Tinong
Roeder as Jerry
as Mando
Simon Ibarra as Ed
as Wife
as Little Girl
as Allan
as Diego
Yul Servo as Tonio
as Priest
Lou Veloso as Mang Teban
as Kapitan Fredo

Reception[]

At the Fribourg International Film Festival Lav Diaz won the Special Jury Award and was nominated for the Grand Prix Award.^[2] Discussing Heremias, a reviewer was impressed by the work of Tamara Benitez, calling her "so young and so talented".^[4] Hayley Scanlon summarized: "With long sections playing out in near real time, extreme long distance shots often static in nature, and black and white photography captured on low res digital video which makes it almost impossible to detect emotional subtlety in the performances of its cast, Heremias is a challenging prospect yet an oddly hypnotic, ultimately moving one."^[5]

References[]

^ "GOING FOR THE BIG TIME". The Manila Times via HighBeam Research (subscription required). 26 September 2006. Archived from the original on 17 November 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "National Day of Switzerland. (Opinion & Editorial)". Manila Bulletin via. 1 August 2006.^{[dead link]}
^ "Digital films gaining notice". Filipino Reporter via HighBeam Research (subscription required). 16 February 2006. Archived from the original on 14 April 2016. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
^ "I survived Lav Diaz's Heremias (2006)". Rough Groove. November 16, 2006. Archived from the original on 23 November 2008. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
^ Scanlon, Heyley (21 December 2016). "Heremias (Book One: The Legend of the Lizard Princess) (Unang aklat: Ang alamat ng prinsesang bayawak, Lav Diaz, 2006". Windows on Worlds.

External links[]

Heremias at IMDb

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[MT2609-1] "GOING FOR THE BIG TIME". The Manila Times via HighBeam Research (subscription required). 26 September 2006. Archived from the original on 17 November 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2012.

[MB0108-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b "National Day of Switzerland. (Opinion & Editorial)". Manila Bulletin via. 1 August 2006.^{[dead link]}

[FR-3] "Digital films gaining notice". Filipino Reporter via HighBeam Research (subscription required). 16 February 2006. Archived from the original on 14 April 2016. Retrieved 19 June 2012.

[4] "I survived Lav Diaz's Heremias (2006)". Rough Groove. November 16, 2006. Archived from the original on 23 November 2008. Retrieved 19 June 2012.

[5] Scanlon, Heyley (21 December 2016). "Heremias (Book One: The Legend of the Lizard Princess) (Unang aklat: Ang alamat ng prinsesang bayawak, Lav Diaz, 2006". Windows on Worlds.

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