Filipiñana
- Mon, Oct 19
- Tue, Oct 20
- Wed, Oct 21
- Thu, Oct 22
The Frida Cinema's seating is first-come, first-serve. For our Midnight Screenings, please plan on arriving by 11:30pm to ensure ample time for parking, picking up concessions, and securing optimal seats. Screening will begin promptly at midnight.
Director: Rafael Manuel Run Time: 101 min. Release Year: 2026 Language: Tagalog
Starring: Carlos Siguion-Reyna, Carmen Castellanos, Isabel Sicat, Jorrybell Agoto, Teroy Guzman
Filipiñana is coming to The Frida Cinema!
Amid stifling heat and pervasive drought, Isabel (Jorrybell Agoto), a 17-year-old Ilokana from the rural north, works at a posh country club outside Manila, lining up golf balls for powerful men to drive into the verdant horizon. New to the job, she wanders the immaculate grounds sampling its luxuries as members, including an industrialist and his expatriate niece, the club president and his pampered wife, and a slew of Chinese tourists, engage in a complex dance with the club’s doting and subservient staff.
“A masterwork. Rafael Manuel opens new vistas in the future of the cinema.” –Richard Brody, The New Yorker
“Impossibly gorgeous shot after impossibly gorgeous shot. It’s not an exaggeration to say that quite literally every frame is a work of art.” -Taylor Gates, Collider