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”
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”
