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Released: 2008

Country: Philippines

Director: Khavn De La Cruz

Language: English

Theme: Animals

Genre: Experimental

Summary

This surreal psychoscape from prolific Filipino enfant terrible Khavn De La Cruz was filmed in 24 hours during Holy Week in Quiapo in downtown Manila. Khavn focuses on an unemployed engineer who is troubled by images of horses: horses mating, race horses pursuing him, horse-drawn calesas carrying beautiful women, a Philippine centaur or Tikbalang calmly watching a holy week procession. Says Khavn: “while the Chinese zodiac looks up to the image of the horse as one of intelligence, independence, and a certain free-spirited attitude, the same image is also an icon of wild, uncontainable virility for the Filipino man, preoccupied with his macho role as the strong provider in a patriarchal familial set-up.” Added to the hallucinatory images are horse poems recited by the engineer and discordant electronic music. Festivals: Berlin Film Festival; Thessaloniki Film Festival.
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