Yesterday Children
- Carlos Siguion-Reyna
- 1h 30m
- March 3, 1999 · Philippines
Overview
It is the time of El Niño, a season ruled by superstition and fear. The rain is long in coming, the ground has cracked up dry. The ricestalks are thin and sickly. Villagers go hungry. And a boy dies from a snakebite. The adults splinter. Some pray. Others join a cult to appease earth spirits and wait for the ada, the ricefield spirit goddess of bountiful harvest who dances naked on moonlit nights and signals the need for a virgin’s sacrifice. There are fence sitters, equally pro-church and pro-cult. A landlord’s steward enforces his master’s usury on hapless farmers. A self-righteous priest says rain must first be deserved. Two young women fight for the right to do with their bodies as they please. A bastard boy and a blind girl come of age. Yesterday, they were children.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- March 3, 1999
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- Tagalog
- Countries
- Philippines
- Cast
- Ray Ventura,Ronnie Lazaro,Romeo Fidelson Jr.,Jaime Yaneza,Pen Medina,Manny Mendoza,Crispin Pineda,Ricky Pascua,Jennifer Sevilla,Zad Centinaand 9 more
- Director
- Carlos Siguion-Reyna
- Writer
- Bibeth Orteza,Adolfo Alix Jr.
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
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