Southeast Asian Movie: Magdalena - The Unholy Saint (Philippines)

Now in its fourth year, the Southeast Asian Wednesday Night Movie continues to build a loyal following of regular film attendees from both the university and local communities.

The series has showcased, often for the first time in Hawaii, more than seventy-five subtitled films which span the diverse and dynamic landscape of cinema in Southeast Asia.

Join us this Wednesday for a screening of...

Magdalena: The Unholy Saint

Directed by Laurice Guillen
Philippines, 2005, 108 minutes
Tagalog with English Subtitles

This more melodramatic Filipino coming-of-ager concerns the budding sexuality of a young girl in a devoutly Catholic culture. We follow young Manila hottie Malen (Angelica Panganiban), who after consorting with the equally hot neighborhood rogue Mike (Jericho Rosales) and worrying her prayer-woman mother literally to death glumly takes over the family business as a "fake saint." The practice of paying for prayers is nicely contrasted with Mike's gigolo job, and if periodic daydreams of white light and angel choirs are schmaltzy, other touches transcend, like shots of the city's thronging Black Nazarene procession, and the ominous reveal of Mike's full-back cobra tattoo as he slithers onto Malen. - Village Voice

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Center for Southeast Asian Studies

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Paul Rausch, 956-2688, cseas@hawaii.edu, http://www.hawaii.edu/cseas/film

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