Sid Lucero and Archie Alemania in a scene from 'Norte, Hangganan ng Kasaysayan'.
Ten months after its world premiere, the internationally acclaimed film “Norte, Hangganan ng Kasaysayan” will finally get a local theatrical release courtesy of Ayala Malls Cinemas.
Moviegoers in Metro Manila and Cebu can soon watch director Lav Diaz’s latest masterpiece, which recently figured in several international polls listing the best films of 2013.
Special screenings in select Ayala Malls Cinemas are scheduled for March 11 (Trinoma), March 18 (Cebu), March 25 (Greenbelt 3) and March 31 (Glorietta 4). All screenings begin at 6:30 PM. The four-hour film will be shown with English subtitles.
To buy tickets in advance, email pauline@origin8media.com or lirycpaolodelacruz@gmail.com.
Starring Sid Lucero, Angeli Bayani, and Archie Alemania, “Norte” premiered last year at the Cannes International Film Festival, where it became the festival’s second best-reviewed film.
A loose adaptation of the classic Russian novel “Crime and Punishment” by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, the film has been picked up for distribution in France, the U.S., and the U.K.
“Norte” was cited as one of 2013’s top ten films by the British Film Institute’s Sight and Sound (ranked 9th), La Internacional Cinefila (ranked 6th), and Artforum (ranked 1st, 7th, and 9th by three of the five critics polled by the magazine).
James Quandt, senior programmer at the Toronto International Film Festival, hailed “Norte” as the best film of the past year.
In a nod to the recent steady outpouring of cinematic gems from the country, the Artforum contributor noted that “Lav Diaz’s Dostoyevskian mini-epic… may prove the greatest work of the Philippine New Wave.”
Pulitzer prize-winning critic Wesley Morris called the film “an honest-to-goodness masterpiece”.
‘Norte’ special screenings at Ayala Malls Cinemas in March
Source: InterAksyon.com (February 28, 2014 at 09:01AM)
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