Celso Ad. Castillo in the eyes of his son
By Ruben V. Nepales
What will happen now to “Ang Lalaking Nangarap Na Maging Nora Aunor,” which would have been the late Celso Ad. Castillo’s swan song?
What will happen now to “Ang Lalaking Nangarap Na Maging Nora Aunor,” which would have been the late Celso Ad. Castillo’s swan song?
The Cinemanila International Film Festival 2012, which opens on Thursday till Dec. 11 at the Market! Market! in Taguig City, will pay tribute to great Filipino filmmakers who passed away this year.
Beauty queen-actress Maria Isabel Lopez reveals a seldom-seen side of the late filmmaker Celso Ad. Castillo.
Before his death earlier this week, director Celso Ad. Castillo had been generally inactive for years, except for occasional outings as a character actor in indie productions. And yet, his demise was mourned by many in the Filipino movie industry as the loss of a major talent, unique in his career-long cinematic celebration of history, patriotism, religion and sex—what an idiosyncratic combination!
He got his final wish, a stunning conclusion to his colorful life story, with awestruck colleagues paying him homage.
Filipino filmmaker Celso Ad Castillo passed away in Laguna, according to wife Ophelia. He was 69.
