A TALE OF FILIPINO VIOLENCE (Isang Salaysay Ng Karahasang Pilipino)
dir. Lav Diaz, 2022
Philippines. 412 min.
In Filipino with English subtitles.

SUNDAY, JUNE 4 - 3 PM

U.S. Premiere
Concluding our Season of Lav series is the U.S. premiere of one of Lav Diaz's latest works, A TALE OF FILIPINO VIOLENCE. Reteaming Diaz with frequent collaborator John Lloyd Cruz, the film is a Tolstoyian epic set during the Marcos regime and chronicling the harsh legacies of  Filipino history. Spanning nearly seven hours and filled with the languorous long takes and stunning black and white images Diaz is known for, A TALE OF FILIPINO VIOLENCE is the work of one of contemporary cinema's boldest voices still at the height of his artistic powers.

"With the imminent death of his autocratic grandfather, coinciding with the burgeoning oppressive regime of Ferdinand Marcos, Servando Monzon III, inheritor of the hacienda and businesses of his powerful clan, agonizes on becoming the new feudal lord and capitulating with Marcos’ designs to control the Philippines. He is aware of his clan’s long history of violence; he knows the very violent history of his county; and he foresees a very violent future with the Marcos dictatorship."