‘Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros’

‘Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros’

Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros (The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros)
Director: Kanakan Balintagos (Aureaus Solito). Co-presented by the Reel Asian International Film Festival, Saturday (Oct. 22), 7:00 PM, Al Green Theatre, Miles Nadal JCC, 750 Spadina Avenue, Bloor & Spadina Tickets – $5.

Tagalog with English subtitles, Ontario Premiere. Born into a Manila slum, gay preteen Maxi’s unquestioning devotion to his family of small-time criminals is undermined when he befriends a principled young policeman.

Winner of the Golden Zenith Award at this year’s Montreal World Film Festival, this funny and poignant film features an enchanting performance from young newcomer Nathan Lopez as Maxi.

Theatre artist, filmmaker and Indigenous-rights activist Kanakan Balintagos’ experimental film Basal Banar won an honourable mention at the 2004 imagineNATIVE festival.
“A work of art that told the truth about our society.”
Howie Severino
Investigative Journalist

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“The Best Filipino Film in five years… stands as the true beacon for the resurgence of Filipino motion pictures and the next golden age of independent filmmaking.”
Vives Anunciacion
Film Reviewer, Inquirer Libre

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“Not enough good things can be said about Pagdadalaga… its lead character one of the more memorable ones we’ve seen in an initiation story…”
Juaniyo Arcellana
Writer, Philippine Star

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“It does a magnificent job not just giving a face to people who proverbially live on the knife’s edge but in demolishing the stereotypes about them…”
Conrado de Quiros
Political Analyst,
Philippine Daily Inquirer

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