The read
It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
It is the time of El Niño, a season ruled by superstition and fear. The rain is long in coming, the ground has cracked up dry. The ricestalks are thin and sickly. Villagers go hungry. And a boy dies from a snakebite. The adults splinter. Some pray. Others join a cult to appease earth spirits and wait for the ada, the ricefield spirit goddess of bountiful harvest who dances naked on moonlit nights and signals the need for a virgin’s sacrifice. There are fence sitters, equally pro-church and pro-cult. A landlord’s steward enforces his master’s usury on hapless farmers. A self-righteous priest says rain must first be deserved. Two young women fight for the right to do with their bodies as they please. A bastard boy and a blind girl come of age. Yesterday, they were children.
Ratings
2 audience votes
Key crew
- Carlos Siguion-ReynaDirector
- Bibeth OrtezaScreenplay
Cast
- Ara MinaSalve
- Tonton GutierrezFr. Joey
- Pen MedinaTerio
- Ray VenturaEncio
- Jennifer SevillaDaling
- Eva DarrenPuring
- Carlo AquinoMarlito
- Patricia Ann RoqueAning
- Ronnie LazaroNonong
- Crispin PinedaKadyo
- Gigi LocsinTasing
- Zad CentinaAdo