By Purple Romero
That a grimy toilet and paroxysms brought by physical attacks could convey hope and magic is a testament to the ability of the Filipino film “Pan de Salawal” to subvert the prettification and sometimes excessive sentimentality of movies with fantastical themes. Winner of the Best Picture and Best Screenplay awards at the 2020 Calella Film Festival in Spain, the debut movie of writer-director Anna Francesca ‘Che’ Espiritu need not resort to grandiose effects to evoke the grandness of miracles much sought for and experienced by the common man.
“Pan de Salawal” focuses on the desolate Salvador, or Sal for short, a 68-year-old baker whose main goal in life is to die. Left with a string of failed romantic relationships and a sickness which makes him feel more alone, he attempts every now and then to end everything, with the railtracks and the decrepit old train which traverses his city as his witness.
That a grimy toilet and paroxysms brought by physical attacks could convey hope and magic is a testament to the ability of the Filipino film “Pan de Salawal” to subvert the prettification and sometimes excessive sentimentality of movies with fantastical themes. Winner of the Best Picture and Best Screenplay awards at the 2020 Calella Film Festival in Spain, the debut movie of writer-director Anna Francesca ‘Che’ Espiritu need not resort to grandiose effects to evoke the grandness of miracles much sought for and experienced by the common man.
“Pan de Salawal” focuses on the desolate Salvador, or Sal for short, a 68-year-old baker whose main goal in life is to die. Left with a string of failed romantic relationships and a sickness which makes him feel more alone, he attempts every now and then to end everything, with the railtracks and the decrepit old train which traverses his city as his witness.
- 11/29/2021
- by Guest Writer
- AsianMoviePulse
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