Ang Duyan ng Magiting
2023 • 2h • Drama
Availability
Available Worldwide
Language
Tagalog
Subtitles
English
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About the film
A collection of interwoven stories about life and violence in the Philippines, following a college professor, a university chancellor, a social worker, a police chief, two students, two mothers, and a lawyer.
Director
Dustin Celestino
Producer
Janel Gutierrez Celestino
Awards & recognition
Special Award for Best Ensemble Acting - Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival 2023
The Best Ensemble Acting, a Special Award, was given to the cast — Dolly de Leon, Bituin Escalante, Agot Isidro, Miggy Jimenez, Jojit Lorenzo, Frances Makil-Ignacio, Paolo O’Hara, Joel Saracho, and Dylan Ray Talon — for the “powerful acting that credibly renders the opposing viewpoints in the history of political violence and culture of impunity that seem to have bedeviled the Philippines since the turn of the new century.”
Special Jury Prize - Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival 2023
The Special Jury Prize was awarded to the film for “its trenchant portrait of the wages of political violence, for its highly discursive and dialectical take on the culture of impunity that seems to have entrenched itself in Philippine politics, and for arousing among audiences the awareness on the need to come to grips with the country’s escalating political violence.”
Best Supporting Actress for Dolly de Leon - Gawad Urian 2024
The Gawad Urian for Best Supporting Actress (officially, Pinakamahusay na Pangalawang Aktres) is a movie award given by the Filipino Film Critics (Manunuri ng Pelikulang Pilipino or MPP) to actresses for their supporting roles in movies partially or wholly created by Filipinos.
Best Ensemble Performance - Pinoy Rebyu Award 2024
The Best Ensemble Performance was given to the cast — Dolly de Leon, Bituin Escalante, Agot Isidro, Miggy Jimenez, Jojit Lorenzo, Frances Makil-Ignacio, Paolo O’Hara, Joel Saracho, and Dylan Ray Talon — for delivering a veritable embodiment of a wide range of beliefs and ideas by its uniformly stellar cast, compelling viewers to recognize the significance of meaningful discourse.
What people are saying
“"The quality of the writing was astoundingly astute and hard-hitting as Celestino presented both sides of the arguments in scathing and acerbic, yet eloquently- and elegantly-constructed, statements. Despite the seriousness of the topics, Celestino was still able to inject welcome elements of dark humor into each episode, all succeeding to elicit uncomfortable but welcome laughter from the audience to break the extreme tension."”
Fred Hawson
“"‘Ang Duyan ng Magiting’ is a work of fiction that becomes an eloquent argument without any clear answers for us. The film will disturb you, it will grip you. The theater I was in was quiet all through-out the movie, you could hear a pin drop, and we were all holding our breaths. It’s visceral and smart and also very moving. It’s definitely a masterclass in building tension, in wrestling with its themes, and of excellent performances."”
Wanggo Gallaga
“"The way it was rendered as a 12-part act worked wonderfully on the screen and the movie certainly reached the audience I was with. It seemed to speak to a specific set of viewers ranging from those moderately involved and versed in issues of accountability to those fully immersed in the effort to track the consequences of officially sanctioned bloodlust. And yet, perhaps even more importantly, the movie seemed to offer a thoroughly uncomfortable conversation as well with the uninitiated--by laying squarely on the table, unlabeled, a panoply of narratives punctuated by humor vexing the nation largely because of the continued refusal by many of the protagonists to confront the one-dimensional binaries they have offered for decades."”
Renato Redentor Constantino
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