THE WOMAN WHO LEFT

ANG BABAENG HUMAYO

By Lav DIAZ

NEW HORIZONS INT'L FILM FESTIVAL / NEW HORIZONS ASSOCIATION - as DISTR Theatrical, TV, DVD-video, VOD, POLAND

Drama - Completed 2016


Festivals
& Awards

Venice 2016
Golden Lion
Toronto - TIFF 2016
T-Mobile New Horizons 2017
    • Year of production
    • 2016
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • PHILIPPINES
    • Languages
    • FILIPINO
    • Duration
    • 226 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Lav DIAZ
    • Writer(s)
    • Lav DIAZ, Leo TOLSTOY
    • Producer(s)
    • Lav DIAZ, Ronald ARGUELLES
    • Synopsis
    • Horacia has spent the last 30 years in a women's correctional facility. A former elementary school teacher, she leads a quiet existence helping others practice reading and writing. When another inmate confesses to the original crime, Horacia is released and seeks out her estranged family. While searching for her missing son Junior, she discovers again her homeland - the Philippines of the late 90s, only to realize that its inhabitants are terrorized by corruption and rampant kidnappings. Her generous personality becomes tainted by feelings of revenge...