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When The Waves Are Gone

Directed by Lav Diaz
2022
Philippines
187 minutes
Unclassified 18+
Amid the Philippines’ war on drugs, two policemen are on a deadly collision course in this searing drama by master director Lav Diaz (Season of the Devil, SFF 2018).
Known for his incisive looks into the issues being faced in the Philippines, Lav Diaz has delivered one of his most thrilling dramas with this study of two policemen. Lieutenant Hermes is renowned as the nation’s best detective. Ex-sergeant Macabantay was Hermes’s mentor and superior until Hermes had him jailed for corruption ten years ago. Now released from prison and fuelled by a religious fervour that manifests in performing bizarre baptisms on strangers, Macabantay is determined to hunt and kill his former protégé. Diaz’s essay on life and death during the Duterte presidency is superbly filmed in 16mm monochrome but there is nothing black and white about this complex and compelling drama.
Like Dostoevsky, Jacobean tragedy and High Noon, in one brutal cocktail.
Jonathan Romney, Screen International
The narrative sweep of this film slowly whisks us away and consumes us, like a storm bearing down on an eerily deserted beach.
David Katz, Cineuropa

Tickets

Wed 7 Jun
6pm
Dendy Newtown - Cinema 2
Assisted Listening
Wheelchair
Subtitled
Past Event Cancel
Sun 11 Jun
2pm
Palace Central Cinemas - Cinema 1
Assisted Listening
Wheelchair
Subtitled
Past Event Cancel
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Features
Original Title
Kapag Wala Nang Mga Alon
Year
2022
Classification
Unclassified 18+
Country
Philippines, France, Portugal, Denmark
Language
In Tagalog with English subtitles
Director
Lav Diaz
Producer
Bianca Balbuena, Bradley Liew, Jean-Christophe Simon, Joaquim Sapinho, Marta Alves
Cast
John Lloyd Cruz, Shamaine Centenera-Buencamino, Ronnie Lazaro
Screenwriter
Lav Diaz
Cinematographer
Larry Manda
Editor
Lav Diaz
Premiere
Australian Premiere
Genre
Cinephile, Crime, South East Asia
Company Credits
Sales Agent: Films Boutique
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