RUINED HEART: ANOTHER LOVE STORY BETWEEN A CRIMINAL AND A WHORE
Dir. Khavn, 2014
The Philippines. 73 min
In Tagalog with English subtitles

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 – 7:30 PM
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 – 7:30 PM
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 – 7:30 PM
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 – 10 PM
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 – 10 PM

A punk noir opera lensed by Christopher Doyle, starring Tadanobu Asano, and set to the music of Stereo Total, RUINED HEART manages to be one of Khavn’s most ambitious and high-profile works without sacrificing any of his gonzo, free-form, DIY energy. As the title suggests, the set-up is purely archetypical, a gangster and his moll piss off the boss and have to hit the road, so much so that the characters are even introduced simply by generic monikers instead of names. Yet you don’t go watch a film by Khavn for the plot, you go for the visual poetry and upbeat spirit of rebellion and this generic template is an apt structure for a series of wild music numbers shot in a woozy, drunken camera-style and adorned with all sorts of decadent, punk-ish production design.

Screening with:

BARONG BROTHERS
Dir. Khavn
The Philippines. 10 min
In Tagalog with English subtitles

SMALL ALI
Dir. Khavn
The Philippines. 8 min
In Tagalog with English subtitles