Made in UAE Filipino film set to make waves. ‘Lamentasyon’, a psychological thriller, is the first feature film entirely shot and produced in Dubai with an expatriate cast and crew.
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Read the full Gulf News article:
http://gulfnews.com/leisure/movies/features/made-in-uae-filipino-film-set-to-make-waves-1.2133759
See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv
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00:00BROADCASTING
00:02It's not because you're abroad that you can tell them that the money won't rain here.
00:07What are you going to call it if you need money?
00:09You're just a kid!
00:12You're just abroad and you're talking to me like that?
00:14It's not because you love them that you can control their lives.
00:20Don't make love a reason to believe in yourself
00:26that their world revolves around you.
00:29The OFWs experienced longingness to our loved ones
00:35and that makes us grieve.
00:37Don't do anything wrong.
00:38You can do it.
00:39I'll pray for you.
00:40Yes, it's your family's obligation.
00:43But of course, it's also your own obligation.
00:45What if you die?
00:46Then you'll be responsible for everything.
00:48As what you've seen on the trailer,
00:50if you will see it superficially,
00:52you will see only the life of the OFWs,
00:55just the struggles.
00:56But that's just the surface of the film.
00:58There's like a deeper story behind it.
01:02The film is so diversive and it has a compound meaning.
01:06And it has this peripheral point of view.
01:09And apart from that, there's a subconscious meaning behind it.
01:14Within this movie, you'll find a lot of moral values that can be learned.
01:18All of us haven't experienced doing full-length film.
01:22It's really challenging because we need to come up with a story
01:26that will cater the life of OFW.
01:29And at the same time, it should be unique.
01:31It's not just a movie itself, but a project of all OFWs.
01:35So from the producer, director, the actors, and of course, the staff and crew.
01:40All I can say is that it is a very inspiring project.
01:43We managed to produce this film even though we have our day job.
01:47And we have this limited budget.
01:50But then we managed to actually produce this kind of movie
01:53that we can be proud of as an OFW.
01:56And as a Filipino here in Dubai.
01:58I think this is the claim to fame of Lamentation.
02:02Being the first full-length Filipino feature film.
02:07Written, produced, starred, and directed.
02:11And marketed and distributed by overseas Filipinos.
02:15And luckily, we have the overseas Filipinos based in Dubai.
02:20And the Northern Emirates spearheading this sort of program.
02:24You're crazy! Do you know that?
02:26What's happening to me?
02:28You don't know what's happening to me.
02:31And if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you.
02:55Lamentation. Weird.
02:58It's unexpected.
02:59Grieving.
03:00Crazy.