SUBSCRIBETukso – Dennis Marasigan, 2007
From the director who brought us the entertaining Sa North Diversion Road during the Cinema One Originals here comes again another engaging movie which is part of Cinemalaya 2007. Dennis Marasigan’s Tukso is a story about a village lass who one day wound up dead. Was it an accident? Or was she murdered? A female investigator looks into the case and a set of people close to or those that might have a knowledge of the incident were interviewed thus enabling the viewer to have a peek of their lives, their relationship with other people and of the lass.
There is a seeming parallel with the director’s two movies in the way the style is presented. In the Sa North Diversion Road, the same story is told again and again by the same characters but as different kinds of persons. In Tukso, the story is told by different people with different perspectives. Can this be his storytelling style?
As for the cast? Well, I’m always thrilled to see Irma Adlawan in her top form again. Very talented, very Irma. Of course, there are also commendable performances by Sid Lucero, Ping Medina and Ricky Davao to cite a few.
July 31st, 2007 at 10:16PM
thanx for that info Radioactive Adobo. Frankly, I haven’t seen Rashomon, yet. Was able to get a copy a few months ago but it seems it has buried itself deep in one of my boxes when I transferred house
July 30th, 2007 at 9:05PM
“Can this be his storytelling style?”
This manner of storytelling is pretty much a popular way of making one event rather complicated, and then the writer attempts to put it all together in the end and comes up with the solution. It has been used many, many times and many Asians of course would recall Kurosawa’s RASHOMON immediately.