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Lav Diaz’s ‘Norte’ wins in Serbia

/ 08:15 AM September 14, 2014

ANGELl Bayani (left) and Hazel Orencio in “Norte”: “A marvel of simplicity, depth and deviousness.”

Lav Diaz’s “Norte, Hangganan ng Kasaysayan” won Best Picture at the Pancevo (Serbia) Film Festival held this week. The jury cited Diaz for “[confronting] the questions posed by Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s ‘Crime and Punishment’ with contemporary and different ideological concepts.”

With the use of a “specific and original film language,” the jury said, “[the movie] tells a shockingly epic story which denounces contemporary civilization.” Among the jurors were Serbian actress Vladislava Milosavljevic, Croatian director Bobo Jelcic and Serbian critic Branislav Dimitrijevic.

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“Norte” is showing until Sept. 16 at Glorietta 4 (1 p.m., 6 p.m.), TriNoma (12:10 p.m., 5 p.m.), Greenhills Theater Mall (2:30 p.m., 7 p.m.), Robinsons Galleria (7 p.m.) and Robinsons Metro East (7 p.m.).

Meanwhile, Diaz’s Locarno-winning film, “Mula sa Kung Ano ang Noon” will be shown at Filmfest Hamburg (Germany), set Sept. 25 to Oct. 4. The fest website lauds the “brilliant” black-and-white images. “The five-and-a-half hour downward spiral earns the viewer’s attention with every passing minute,” it adds. The movie will be screened Sept. 27 and Oct. 3 in Germany. Bayani San Diego Jr.

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