Mar03

Siglo ng pagluluwal / Century of Birthing (2011) 4 x DVD5

by movieworld on March 3rd, 2016 at 02:28
Posted In: .Other movies, Drama

Siglo ng pagluluwal / Century of Birthing (2011) 4 x DVD5
One of the most adventurous filmmakers to emerge from the Philippines in decades, Lav Diaz is, in many ways, the spiritual father of what some have called the Filipino New Wave, a group of filmmakers who have adopted digital technology to create an intimate and raw style. At the same time, he stands separate from them, often working on an epic scale and addressing historical shifts in Philippine society. (See his epochal Ebulysion: Evolution of a Filipino Family.)

His latest, Century of Birthing, also stands on its own. Telling two seemingly unrelated tales, it is a grand meditation on the roles of the artist, the prophet and the acolyte. The first story focuses on Homer, a filmmaker who has spent years working on his latest opus — and still isn’t happy with it. Hounded by friends, co-workers and festival programmers to finish the damn thing, he resists every entreaty, countering a programmer’s pleas to send him the film with, "I don’t make films for festivals, I make them for cinema". The second story concentrates on a Christian cult in a rural region — a group largely comprised of young women (referred to as "virgins") and dominated by its charismatic leader, Father Turbico. When one of the longest-standing members strays, the impact is catastrophic for both her and the cult.

Diaz portrays both men as troubled and problematic figures, pressured to perform but also ruled by their own romantic conception of themselves. Father Turbico carefully primps himself before meeting with one of his disciples. Homer gives long interviews about the nature of cinema — Diaz, as if to indicate that he’s not convinced by his apparent stand-in’s rhetoric, drowns out the dialogue with industrial noise and almost-decipherable chatter. The characters are linked by public professions of fealty to their gods (Homer’s devotion to cinema; Turbico’s peculiar take on Christianity), and both have followers whose devotion proves to be less than healthy.

Told almost entirely in long takes that are alternately transfixing, claustrophobic and penetrating, Century of Birthing boasts exquisite black-and-white imagery. Indeed, it may be Diaz’s most entrancing film to date — and it’s certainly his most personal.


4 x DVD5 | NTSC 16:9 | 01:08:53 + 01:04:37 + 01:47:47 + 01:57:05
3.04 Gb + 2.85 Gb + 3.23 Gb + 3.35 Gb + 3% rec
Language: Tagalog (?) (Dolby AC3, 2 ch)
Subtitles: English (hardcoded)
Genre: Drama, Experimental

Director: Lav Diaz
Cast: Angel Aquino, Joel Torre, Perry Dizon, Hazel Orencio, Angeli Bayani, Roeder Camanag, Dante Perez, Soliman Cruz, Dante Perez
Country: Philippines

Download Siglo ng pagluluwal / Century of Birthing (2011) 4 x DVD5:

Siglo.ng.pagluluwal.2011.Uk.D1.part1.rar
Siglo.ng.pagluluwal.2011.Uk.D1.part2.rar

Siglo.ng.pagluluwal.2011.Uk.D2.part1.rar
Siglo.ng.pagluluwal.2011.Uk.D2.part2.rar

Siglo.ng.pagluluwal.2011.Uk.D3.part1.rar
Siglo.ng.pagluluwal.2011.Uk.D3.part2.rar

Siglo.ng.pagluluwal.2011.Uk.D4.part1.rar
Siglo.ng.pagluluwal.2011.Uk.D4.part2.rar

Did you like this?
Tip movieworld with Cryptocurrency

Donate Bitcoin to movieworld

Scan to Donate Bitcoin to movieworld
Scan the QR code or copy the address below into your wallet to send some bitcoin:
Donate via Installed Wallet
[X] Click Here to Hide Donation Details

Donate Bitcoin Cash to movieworld

Scan to Donate Bitcoin Cash to movieworld
Scan the QR code or copy the address below into your wallet to send bitcoin:
Donate via Installed Wallet
[X] Click Here to Hide Donation Details

Donate Ethereum to movieworld

Scan to Donate Ethereum to movieworld
Scan the QR code or copy the address below into your wallet to send some Ether:
Donate via Installed Wallet
[X] Click Here to Hide Donation Details

Donate Litecoin to movieworld

Scan to Donate Litecoin to movieworld
Scan the QR code or copy the address below into your wallet to send some Litecoin:
Donate via Installed Wallet
[X] Click Here to Hide Donation Details

Donate Monero to movieworld

Scan to Donate Monero to movieworld
Scan the QR code or copy the address below into your wallet to send some Monero:
Donate via Installed Wallet
[X] Click Here to Hide Donation Details

Donate ZCash to movieworld

Scan to Donate ZCash to movieworld
Scan the QR code or copy the address below into your wallet to send some ZCash:
[X] Click Here to Hide Donation Details

Related posts:

  1. Az en XX. szazadom / My Twentieth Century / My 20th Century (1989) DVD9, Blu-Ray
  2. Al Juma Al Akheira / The Last Friday (2011) DVD9
  3. The 19th Century Georgian Chronicle / Gruzinskaya khronika 19-ogo veka / Грузинская хроника XIX века (1979) DVD5 RUSCICO
  4. Les enfants du siecle / The Children of the Century (1999) DVD9
  5. Midnight Cowboy (1969) 2 x DVD9 and Blu-Ray Criterion Collection, Blu-Ray 20th Century Fox
└ Tags: ,