Kinatay (2009)

Directed by

Brillante Mendoza

Genre

horror film

Country

Philippines, France

Runtime

1h 45m

Rated

16

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 46 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A criminology student in need of money for his family takes a temporary job with a syndicate. He gets drawn into the murder and dismemberment of a drug dealer.

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What happens

Kinatay (transl. Butchered or English: The Execution of P) is a 2009 thriller film directed by Brillante Mendoza and written by Armando Lao. The story is centered on a criminology student (Coco Martin) who accidentally joins a syndicate to make enough money for his family, and gets involved in murder and dismembering of an erring drug dealer. The film premiered at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Best Director Award, the first Filipino film to do so, although the film was notorious for being critically panned by critics including Roger Ebert. The film was included in the 2009 Cinemalaya Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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