Raging Grace
- 2023
- 1h 39min
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5.8/10
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Una inmigrante filipina indocumentada consigue un trabajo como cuidadora de un anciano terminal, asegurando una vida mejor para ella y su hija. Pero un oscuro descubrimiento amenaza con dest... Leer todoUna inmigrante filipina indocumentada consigue un trabajo como cuidadora de un anciano terminal, asegurando una vida mejor para ella y su hija. Pero un oscuro descubrimiento amenaza con destruir todo lo que ella ha luchado y aprecia.Una inmigrante filipina indocumentada consigue un trabajo como cuidadora de un anciano terminal, asegurando una vida mejor para ella y su hija. Pero un oscuro descubrimiento amenaza con destruir todo lo que ella ha luchado y aprecia.
- Dirección
- Guionistas
- Elenco
- Premios
- 6 premios ganados y 13 nominaciones en total
Jodie Cuaresma
- Apparition
- (as Jodie Davey)
Jasmine Naziha Jones
- Mrs. Clark
- (as Jasmine Naziah Jones)
- Dirección
- Guionistas
- Todo el elenco y el equipo
- Producción, taquilla y más en IMDbPro
Opiniones destacadas
I'm pretty picky about the films I like. I found this to be very original, interesting and somewhat believable. Perhaps some folks didn't like the illegal immigrant prevailing.......
The story of an illegal Filipino immigrant with a young daughter, other than the details of their home country and family, is all too familiar. As Gloria, the protagonist says: "We care for you when you're dying" as well as all of the other things like cooking, cleaning, assisting in intimate bathroom duties. Some readers will say, "Oh, I don't have anyone like that to take care of me". Think again about that Honduran roofer who stayed on your job from morning to night. Your Mexican yardman who does a far better job and cheaper than the "legal" services. Americans like to reap the benefits from illegals, yet they're ready to "build that wall". Make up your damned mind.
The story of an illegal Filipino immigrant with a young daughter, other than the details of their home country and family, is all too familiar. As Gloria, the protagonist says: "We care for you when you're dying" as well as all of the other things like cooking, cleaning, assisting in intimate bathroom duties. Some readers will say, "Oh, I don't have anyone like that to take care of me". Think again about that Honduran roofer who stayed on your job from morning to night. Your Mexican yardman who does a far better job and cheaper than the "legal" services. Americans like to reap the benefits from illegals, yet they're ready to "build that wall". Make up your damned mind.
My initial sense of wonder was concerning its title: Raging Grace. Why Raging Grace? Why NOT Raging Joy (sounds like a paradox in itself)? Joy is, whom we're made to believe, the protagonist of this story. And for the most part, she is. An illegal Filipina immigrant in the UK who works mostly as a caretaker (slash) house-help, Joy's story has several layers. For starters, she's also a single mother, and the father of her child is shown to be an abusive employer. Joy (Max Eigenmann) and her daughter Grace (Jaeden Paige Boadilla) have secrets of their own. Sometimes, Joy sneaks Grace into her employers' homes when they're away. Joy is trying to become documented, and she has to pay off a reasonably large sum of money to get this done. Joy and Grace switch between English and Tagalog while conversing. Joy's discomfort of being looked down upon by rich British employers and frequently addressed using the wrong terms ("you people!") is evident early on.
When Joy lands a job as a housekeeper at a mansion with an old man in a coma and her niece, she sees it as an opportunity to come clean and eventually secure their own place of residence. The setup is ripe. The performances are riveting. The film seamlessly moves into its second act, where what begins as a fairly straightforward set of tasks for Joy, slowly builds suspense, and inadvertently, a sense of psychological horror. The house harbors even bigger secrets, and they start to unfurl one after the other. Some of the plot developments seem predictable, but there's always a neat flow from scene to scene. Director Paris Zarcilla also crafts a tense little atmosphere within the house, and given that a large chunk of the film takes place inside of it, the filmmaker exhibits decent control over the staging of sequences.
The final act, while turning into a "who's the greater evil?" narrative, also reinstates why Grace is the film's protagonist. It's interesting, even if the proceedings lack the steam and momentum of the earlier acts. The "horror" then stops being subtle and suddenly becomes very in-your-face, very real. This does take away some of its storytelling glory, which otherwise, would've ended up being one of the smartest immigrant horror films in recent times.
When Joy lands a job as a housekeeper at a mansion with an old man in a coma and her niece, she sees it as an opportunity to come clean and eventually secure their own place of residence. The setup is ripe. The performances are riveting. The film seamlessly moves into its second act, where what begins as a fairly straightforward set of tasks for Joy, slowly builds suspense, and inadvertently, a sense of psychological horror. The house harbors even bigger secrets, and they start to unfurl one after the other. Some of the plot developments seem predictable, but there's always a neat flow from scene to scene. Director Paris Zarcilla also crafts a tense little atmosphere within the house, and given that a large chunk of the film takes place inside of it, the filmmaker exhibits decent control over the staging of sequences.
The final act, while turning into a "who's the greater evil?" narrative, also reinstates why Grace is the film's protagonist. It's interesting, even if the proceedings lack the steam and momentum of the earlier acts. The "horror" then stops being subtle and suddenly becomes very in-your-face, very real. This does take away some of its storytelling glory, which otherwise, would've ended up being one of the smartest immigrant horror films in recent times.
Plot
An undocumented Filipina immigrant lands a job as a care-worker for a terminal old man, securing a better life for her and her daughter. But a dark discovery threatens to destroy everything she's strived for and holds dear.
Cast
With the exception of David Hayman I knew nobody involved.
Verdict
A British/Philippine collaboration, my watching this was oddly accidental. You see the film was labelled incorrectly, it wasn't until about half way through I resigned myself to the fact it wasn't the intended film but by that point I was invested.
So it was a pot luck movie and not at all a waste of time either, it was quite the odd little surprise.
Starting off as a gritty drama it descends into a suspenseful thriller and goes in a couple of directions you most certainly will not see coming!
An odd little tale it touches upon immigration and the perils of those who fight to stay on our shores, but a lot of that is drowned out by the plot and isn't a major factor in the story in the slightest.
Hayman is excellent here, suitably creepy and our leading lady put in a strong performance as well.
It's interesting, but it's forgettable.
Rants
When it comes to immigration it's another subject matter that one political side seems to hear something else when you speak of it. To them pro-immigration = Open borders, I can confidently say I've never met anyone who wants open borders before! It's a wonderful concept isn't it? The idea that you can travel freely and set down roots wherever you want within red tape. It should be a thing, but even the slightest drop of logic is enough to bring you back down to earth and appreciate it just couldn't happen. But demonizing people for wanting a better life or in many instances wanting to simply live is even less logical.
Breakdown
Interesting film Great twist David Hayman is great Some parts fall flat Forgettable.
An undocumented Filipina immigrant lands a job as a care-worker for a terminal old man, securing a better life for her and her daughter. But a dark discovery threatens to destroy everything she's strived for and holds dear.
Cast
With the exception of David Hayman I knew nobody involved.
Verdict
A British/Philippine collaboration, my watching this was oddly accidental. You see the film was labelled incorrectly, it wasn't until about half way through I resigned myself to the fact it wasn't the intended film but by that point I was invested.
So it was a pot luck movie and not at all a waste of time either, it was quite the odd little surprise.
Starting off as a gritty drama it descends into a suspenseful thriller and goes in a couple of directions you most certainly will not see coming!
An odd little tale it touches upon immigration and the perils of those who fight to stay on our shores, but a lot of that is drowned out by the plot and isn't a major factor in the story in the slightest.
Hayman is excellent here, suitably creepy and our leading lady put in a strong performance as well.
It's interesting, but it's forgettable.
Rants
When it comes to immigration it's another subject matter that one political side seems to hear something else when you speak of it. To them pro-immigration = Open borders, I can confidently say I've never met anyone who wants open borders before! It's a wonderful concept isn't it? The idea that you can travel freely and set down roots wherever you want within red tape. It should be a thing, but even the slightest drop of logic is enough to bring you back down to earth and appreciate it just couldn't happen. But demonizing people for wanting a better life or in many instances wanting to simply live is even less logical.
Breakdown
Interesting film Great twist David Hayman is great Some parts fall flat Forgettable.
When I sat down to watch the 2023 movie "Raging Grace", I thought I was in for a horror movie. Truth be told, I had never actually heard about the movie prior to sitting down to watch it, but the synopsis sounded interesting enough, and it was labelled as a horror movie. So of course I opted to give the movie a fair chance.
The storyline and narrative in "Raging Grace" was a bit of a swing and a miss. Sure, there were things in the script that seemed interesting enough, but the overall impression that director Paris Zarcilla left me with throughout the course of the 99 minutes that the movie ran for was a bland one.
There wasn't a whole lot happening throughout the course of the movie, and you need to go about 75 minutes into the movie before things actually start to take off. But nothing ever really happens, and the movie doesn't really take off. It was a rather anti-climatic viewing experience.
Writers Pancake Zarcilla and Paris Zarcilla didn't impress me with this 2023 movie. And it is a movie that will just quietly fade into oblivion and obscurity, because this is not a movie that will grace my screen a second time.
It was not because of the acting performances, not at all. Because the acting performances in the movie were good, and they definitely had some good actresses and actors on the cast list. I wasn't familiar with leading actress Max Eigenmann (playing Joy), but she really carried the movie quite nicely. And it certainly was nice to see actor David Hayman on the screen in his particular role and character.
"Raging Grace" is more of a thriller mystery than a horror movie. But calling it a thriller is actually stretching it a bit as well.
My rating of "Raging Grace" lands on a very generous four out of ten stars.
The storyline and narrative in "Raging Grace" was a bit of a swing and a miss. Sure, there were things in the script that seemed interesting enough, but the overall impression that director Paris Zarcilla left me with throughout the course of the 99 minutes that the movie ran for was a bland one.
There wasn't a whole lot happening throughout the course of the movie, and you need to go about 75 minutes into the movie before things actually start to take off. But nothing ever really happens, and the movie doesn't really take off. It was a rather anti-climatic viewing experience.
Writers Pancake Zarcilla and Paris Zarcilla didn't impress me with this 2023 movie. And it is a movie that will just quietly fade into oblivion and obscurity, because this is not a movie that will grace my screen a second time.
It was not because of the acting performances, not at all. Because the acting performances in the movie were good, and they definitely had some good actresses and actors on the cast list. I wasn't familiar with leading actress Max Eigenmann (playing Joy), but she really carried the movie quite nicely. And it certainly was nice to see actor David Hayman on the screen in his particular role and character.
"Raging Grace" is more of a thriller mystery than a horror movie. But calling it a thriller is actually stretching it a bit as well.
My rating of "Raging Grace" lands on a very generous four out of ten stars.
- Excellent relationship and dynamics between mother and daughter. Perfect cast.
- It has a lot to say about the weight and value of immigrants and how important they are for societies to function. It just didn't need an on-the-nose speech in the third act.
- The rich don't seem to know how to have relationships that don't involve possession and ownership. Eat them!
- I loved how music and sound effects were used to create suspense.
- It has its share of unexpected scenes and actions, with a very nice editing and camera work.
- The ending isn't entirely perfect, but the final scene is.
- That mischievous girl reminds me too much of my son.
- Old people love to hoard everything.
¿Sabías que…?
- TriviaInspired by the Roald Dahl story Matilda
- Créditos curiososMay you all rage gracefully.
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Detalles
Taquilla
- Total a nivel mundial
- USD 89,293
- Tiempo de ejecución1 hora 39 minutos
- Color
- Mezcla de sonido
- Relación de aspecto
- 1.44 : 1
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