2009·Drama·1h 50m
7.1
★
Two elderly women bear the consequences of a crime involving their respective grandsons. One is the victim, the other is the suspect. Both weak and poor, they laboriously solicit money in the midst of a storm, one for the victim's burial, the other for the suspect's bail bond.
Directed by Brillante Ma Mendoza
family tragedy
legal battle
intersecting lives
philippine cinema
economic struggle
elderly women
community support
street violence
knife murder
funeral struggle
quest for justice
grandmothers
moral confrontation
bureaucratic maze
public institutions
victim’s family
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Cast
Anita Linda
Lola Sepa
Tanya Gomez
Ditas
Jhong Hilario
Bebong
Ketchup Eusebio
Mateo
Rustica Carpio
Lola Puring
Geraldine Villamil
Virgie
Jojit Lorenzo
Security Guard
Tess Antonio
Factory Office Secretary
Karla Pambid
Secretary
Ruby Ruiz
Konsehala
Ces Aldaba
Judge
Crew
Brillante Ma Mendoza
Director
Kats Serraon
Editor
Ferdinand Lapuz
Producer
Addiss Tabong
Sound Designer
Teresa Barrozo
Music
Brillante Ma Mendoza
Production Design
Odyssey Flores
Cinematography
Popular Reviews
5 reviews
Jagdish
7.5★ · 11/28/24
Frankly, LOLA made me feel nauseous to the point where I could feel my heart and stomach sink; purely because of the heartbreaking subject matter. Shot in verite style, the squalor and cruel existence of these two Filipino elders are not glamorised or dramatised. They just are.
Couple of the scenes in this film really got to me, namely:
• when the film opens and the old woman is braving rain and strong winds, yet is trying to light a candle persumably at the site of where her grandson died.
• when the she finds his corpse at the mortuary
• when the two grandmas meet to broker a financial agreement and it starts off like any friendly conversation between two ladies
• when theyre raided by authorities and grandma is attempting to quickly grab the coins off the side of the road
• that in the Filipino legal system it is possible for serious crimes like homicide to be “dropped”
Couple of the scenes in this film really got to me, namely:
• when the film opens and the old woman is braving rain and strong winds, yet is trying to light a candle persumably at the site of where her grandson died.
• when the she finds his corpse at the mortuary
• when the two grandmas meet to broker a financial agreement and it starts off like any friendly conversation between two ladies
• when theyre raided by authorities and grandma is attempting to quickly grab the coins off the side of the road
• that in the Filipino legal system it is possible for serious crimes like homicide to be “dropped”
Frankly, LOLA made me feel nauseous to the point where I could feel my heart and stomach sink; purely because of the heartbreaking subject matter. Shot in verite style, the squalor and cruel existence of these two Filipino elders are not glamorised or dramatised. They just are.
Couple of the scenes in this film really got to me, namely:
• when the film opens and the old woman is braving rain and strong winds, yet is trying to light a candle persumably at the site of where her grandson died.
• when the she finds his corpse at the mortuary
• when the two grandmas meet to broker a financial agreement and it starts off like any friendly conversation between two ladies
• when theyre raided by authorities and grandma is attempting to quickly grab the coins off the side of the road
• that in the Filipino legal system it is possible for serious crimes like homicide to be “dropped”
Couple of the scenes in this film really got to me, namely:
• when the film opens and the old woman is braving rain and strong winds, yet is trying to light a candle persumably at the site of where her grandson died.
• when the she finds his corpse at the mortuary
• when the two grandmas meet to broker a financial agreement and it starts off like any friendly conversation between two ladies
• when theyre raided by authorities and grandma is attempting to quickly grab the coins off the side of the road
• that in the Filipino legal system it is possible for serious crimes like homicide to be “dropped”
Sabin
7.0★ · 09/11/24
rip David Bowie you would’ve loved David Bowie
rip David Bowie you would’ve loved David Bowie
MattiMor
9.0★ · 06/26/26
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