Let's make this big hit in Japan with the help of our fellow Filipinos, an all-Philippine filmmaking teaming up of world-famous Filipino director Mendoza and national stars!
With films such as "Ma' Rosa", Mendoza has explored the dark side of the Philippines and realistically portrayed the ordinary people who live strong and tough lives through social problems and social realism.
Brillante Mendoza, one of the Philippines' most brilliant directors
His latest film "FEAST" will be released on March 1, 2024 in Japan.
This film "Feast" can be said to be a new frontier for director Mendoza, it is a film about emotional struggle between the families involved and forgiveness, which begins with a fatal car accident in a rural town in the Philippines.
Here is the story
The family is preparing for a banquet to celebrate the return of the head of the family, who has been imprisoned in prison for a traffic accident caused by his son. During his incarceration, his wife and son work together to protect the family and their finances. They took in the wife and children of the man who had died and took care of them as servants. However, as the day of the banquet approaches, their guilt and sadness and the peace between "the one who lost" and "the one who made him lose" is stirred up again.
How can people face their sins, forgive, and live again?
This film is not just a heartwarming movie. The story unfolds in a series of unexpected ways with a disturbing atmosphere, and behind the lyrical images, there is a big question mark.
The lead role is played by Coco Martin, who has been the star of the popular drama "Probinsyano," which aired for seven years with an average rating of 40%.
Jacquelyn Jose, a regular in Mendoza's films and the first Southeast Asian actress to win the Best Actress Award at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, Lito Lapid, a popular action actor and current senator, Gladys Reyes, who started out as a child actor and has appeared in numerous films as an antagonist.
Thus many well known talents play the roles for this film.
The film also features scenes of cooking platters of colorful vegetables, meat, and fish from Southeast Asia.
The movie "FEAST - Kyoen" will be released in March next year. Please invite your friends and acquaintances to see it in the movie theater.
