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Let Us Through, Dear Ancestors

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1617. The Spanish friar, Padre Enciso, the encomendero of one of the islands in Las Islas Filipinas, rules with unrelenting toughness and insatiable libido, "To tame these savages," he proclaims. He salves his cruelty effectively by invoking the soul's emancipation through Jesus' suffering; and the hospitable and embracing indigenous Malay is doomed.

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Jessica Kiang Variety 1 hr ago
Diaz lets the story uncoil slowly; disasters of this magnitude rarely happen in a hurry. Go to Full Review Travis Jeppesen Sight & Sound 1 day ago
Diaz is among the few auteurs today who could be said to work chiefly in the epic form, using history as a source for building myth-like narrative in an elevated style, such as we find in ancient colossal sagas, heroicizing the long-forgotten victims. Go to Full Review Diego Batlle Otroscines.com 1 day ago
3.5/5
... Let Us Through, Dear Ancestors is a disturbing and ruthless depiction of the abuses of power and the control mechanisms of the colonialist machine and its effects that, in some way, are still perceived four centuries later. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Lav Diaz

Director

Bart Guingona

Actor

Ronnie Lazaro

Actor

Isabel Sandoval

Actor

Yul Servo

Actor

Christian Bables

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Synopsis 1617. The Spanish friar, Padre Enciso, the encomendero of one of the islands in Las Islas Filipinas, rules with unrelenting toughness and insatiable libido, "To tame these savages," he proclaims. He salves his cruelty effectively by invoking the soul's emancipation through Jesus' suffering; and the hospitable and embracing indigenous Malay is doomed.
Director
Lav Diaz
Producer
Lovi Poe, Montgomery Blencowe, Bianca Balbuena, Hazel Orencio
Screenwriter
Lav Diaz
Production Co
C'est Lovi Productions, Epicmedia Production, sine olivia pilipinas
Genre
Drama, History
Original Language
Filipino
Runtime
2h 31m
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