This is the second week of The Piling Obra Vidyo (POV): BALIK7ANAW films, and just like what I promised, I will share my TOP 3 choices for this week. This week's selection is all about emotions since I know many of you love to watch heart-touching films. Rest assured, these films carry weighted lessons that'll change your life forever.
1.) BJ by Donnie T. Sacueza
This film is an eye-opener to everybody about what is happening in our society. It is about a child whose dream is to become an artist but later ended; unfortunately, something a child should not be doing. His goal is to become a famous actor. One of his motivations was his sick father. He wanted to have money to have his father medicated. He passed an audition; however, instead of becoming an actor in a film, he became a cast of online child pornography videos.
When I watch this film, I cannot control my feelings seeing an innocent child experiencing such gruesome activity. I mean, If you watch the news or listen to radios every day, I'm sure you probably heard cases like this.
One thing that I noticed about this film is the blindfold. This obviously represents that a child is innocent about what is happening to him. He was too blind to know the stains of the world.
The last part really hits me. The scene where a man is pleasuring himself while watching the recorded video of him and the child. This probably signifies those people who love to watch pornographies. You see, I hate everything in the story; I hate seeing the child being molested. It's a sad reality. Though this scene is quite disturbing, I like how things were depicted in the film, from angles, transitions to filter; everything is symbolistic. No wonder this became my number 1 pick for this week. The storyline is indeed a wake-up call not just for parents but to everyone.
2.) TRIO by Christopher Cruz
This film is full of vibrant memories back in youthful days—an older man reminiscing old memories from his old friends. Seeing the film is such a refreshment in mind. The trio builds their friendship since day 1 is fun to watch; I like the vividness of the scene, the angles, and some blur effects, which obviously symbolize memory.
There are some parts of the film that I can relate since I have three close-friend of mine. The scene shows how the older man cherished their memories a lot to the point that they promised each other that they would die together.
However, this film's saddest part is the ending—the quick transition of the viewers' emotion, from happy, to frustration. Seeing the older man in the middle of the two crosses signifies that his friends already passed away, and he's the only one left. He even asks his friends if they're already enjoying heaven.
I thought my sadness would end in that part, but I was wrong. At the end of the scene, the older man passed away, and he was buried next to his friends. They were buried at the top of the same mountain where they promised to grow old and die together.
I like this film so much because it simply shows the beauty of true friendship, where to be honest is rare to find these days. If you already have that faithful friend of yours, then treasure him/her. Who knows, you can be like this "trio" whose friendship is solid as a rock.
3.) “Ang Mga Bulong sa Bituka ng Sta. Mesa” by Hector Baretto Calma
This documentary is an award-winning documentary of Hector Baretto Calma. It is about education and poverty.
The film is in a grayscale filter which obviously symbolizes poverty. This is one of the major problems that our country is facing before and even today. In the documentary, during the interview, the people said that some of them had gone to school. However, they only finished elementary education, while they did not give most a chance to go to school. All of them have the same reason, and it is poverty.
I like this documentary because it shows that education must not only be for those who can afford it but also for those people who are poor. It's sad to see how these people perceived and value education, but poverty hinders them from gaining it. I concurred when they said that the Philippines' education system is way too expensive for poor people because poverty must not be a hindrance to education. I also like the quotation that the documentary used in the first parts of the scene because it has a strong message. For me, that quotation is the documentary's eye-opening message to everyone.
So that's my top 3 picks for this week's POV review. All of the short-films were amazing, and they truly deserved all the awards they gained because of their films. I hope next week will have an amazing set of films that I will still do a review. See you next week!
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