7.6 /10 1 Votes
Directed by Derick Cabrido Country Philippines Running time 1h 17m | 7.6/10 IMDb Written by Denise O'Hara Director Roderick Cabrido | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Starring Nora Aunor
Barbie Forteza Release date 8 August 2016 (2016-08-08) (Cinemalaya Film Festival) Language Karay-a, English subtitle Cast Nora Aunor, Barbie Forteza Similar I America, Pamilya Ordinaryo, Mariquina, Trap, A Lullaby to the Sorrowful | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tuos
Tuos (The Pact) is a 2016 Filipino art drama written by Denise O'hara and directed by Roderick Cabrido. The plot revolves around the two village women; Pinailog (Aunor), a binukot or kept maiden and her grand daughter, Dowokan (Forteza) who is groomed to take her place but refuse to take the role as the new Binukot. Pinailog has to choose between keeping the century old beliefs that shackled her into solitary confinement or the liberty and freedom of her grand daughter.
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The Film was part of the 12th Cinemalaya Film Festival from August 8–14, 2016.
Synopsis
In a small village, located deep within the mountains of Antique live Pina-ilog (Nora Aunor). No ordinary woman, Pina-ilog is the village's "Binukot" or a "Kept Maiden" chosen in her youth as the fairest amongst the women in her village. Long confined inside her house and her face face often covered with a veil, Pina-ilog has been forbidden to go outside, or work the fields. She commands respect and reverence as the gatekeeper of her culture's oral tradition, memorizing the chants and performing it during special occasions. But as the world progresses into the modern age - the age of epics she chants about—even the very existence of the "Binukot" slowly deteriorates. No one wants to be "chosen" anymore, least of all Dowokan (Barbie Forteza), Pina-ilog'g 15 year old grand daughter. But the child is rebellious and fiercely independent; Dowokan wants to live her life, go out, learn new things and fall in love — all of which Pinailog disapproves owing her beliefs that Dowokan does not have the choice in the matter, just as she never had a choice when she was chosen. Pina-ilog wants to keep their traditions alive, carrying as she does the weight of the obligation placed on her by the village people as culture bearer and guardian against the supernatural. She sees it a natural succession that her Dowokan, who has also been chosen, should also learn the oral traditions and cultural practices of their tribe in order to preserve and pass them on to the next generation. However, as Dowokan falls in love with a young man, the sanctity of the "tuos" (the pact between the supernatural deities) and their village is threatened, putting Dowokan's life in danger. Realizing that she cannot just let things be, Pina-ilog fights for Dowokan's right to live her own life and finds herself coming face to face, literally, with the ghosts of a tradition which shackled her into a life of solitary confinement.
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Production
The film was shot entirely in the island of Panay.
