MMFF 2016: Ang Babae sa Septic Tank 2: #ForeversNotEnough starring Eugene Domingo and Jericho Rosales

BABAE SA SEPTIC TANK 2

Official Entry to the Metro Manila Film Festival 2016
a film by Marlon Rivera written by Chris Martinez

 MMFF Selection Committee Citation: Where the original film satirized the sensationalistic tendencies of the indie film and the dishonesty of directors who make films for foreign festivals, this sequel launches a pointed but hilarious commentary on the pretensions and machinations that characterize the mainstream movie industry and its stars and superstars in our day. While this comedy may be seen as a film reflecting on itself or a self-reflexive film, it is nonetheless a film that will appeal as well to all moviegoing Filipinos who will profit from and enjoy seeing through the falsities and frivolities of the mainstream movies they have been watching for decades.

With wit that sparkles in carefully-crafted dialogue and acting that shines way above the commonplace, this comedy tickles both the mind and the funnybone. The film is -- Babae sa Septic Tank 2. Starring: Eugene Domingo, Joel Torre, Jericho Rosales, Kean Cipriano, Khalil Ramos and Cai Cortez.

CINEFILIPINO 2016: Ang Taba Ko Kasi Trailer starring Cai Cortez

Must Watch : Ba't di puwedeng maging tayo? Dahil ba mataba ako?? Ipapalabas na sa piling sinehan sa Metro Manila ang pelikulang ANG TABA KO KASI sa CineFilipino Film Festival mula March 16-22. Starring Cai Cortez, Ryan Yllana and Mark Neumann. Written and directed by Jason Paul Laxamana.

Cinemalaya 2011 Entry: Ang Babae sa Septic Tank

ANG BABAE SA SEPTIC TANK by Marlon Rivera

Starring: Eugene Domingo, Kean Cipriano, JM de Guzman and Cai Cortez

Ang Babae sa Septic Tank chronicles a day in the life of three ambitious, passionate but misguided filmmakers as they set out to do a quick pre-prod at Starbucks, a courtesy call to their lead actress, Eugene Domingo, and an ocular inspection of their film’s major location, the Payatas dumpsite. Director Rainier, Producer Bingbong and Production Assistant Jocelyn are well-to-do, well-educated film school graduates who are dead set on making an Oscar worthy film. They believe they have a winning script, the energy and the drive to make their dreams come true. Like most filmmakers they know, they have devised a screenplay that will show the real essence of our culture: poverty. In the course of one day, they brainstorm and exhaust all possible treatment of their project: the story of Mila (Eugene Domingo), a mother from the slums, who out of desperation to survive, has sold her child to a pedophile. As they discuss the possible executions of the story, the movie-within-a-movie gets reborn in Jocelyn’s imagination several times. As a gritty no frills neo-realist film, as a glossy musical, as an over-the-top melodrama and as a docu drama using non-actors. For their last task of the day, they visit the dumpsite for the first time. As filmmakers gunning for authenticity, they get excited with the ”beauty” of the squalor around them. Soon enough, they are faced with reality as they come face to face with the real effects of their chosen subject. Babae sa Septic Tank is a comedy about misguided ambitions, the art of making art and the romanticization of poverty.