
Leonor Will Never Die Ang Pagbabalik ng Kwago
Synopsis
In this inventive mashup of low-budget ’80s Filipino action thrillers, retired screenwriter Leonor spends her time absent-mindedly puttering around her house. Reminiscing about her glory days, she dusts off an old screenplay—a story of bloody, brotherly revenge—in hopes that she might submit it to a local competition. After she is struck by a falling television and knocked into a coma, Leonor is transported into the world of her unfinished script. Trapped inside her own creation, she embarks on a free-wheeling odyssey to finish the film while still unconscious. Director Martika Ramirez Escobar lends a light touch to the surreal proceedings as her offbeat tale oscillates between old-fashioned shoot-’em-ups and tender, human drama. The result is both a love letter to Filipino action cinema and a winning, metatextual reflection on the creative process and mortality.
This film is part of a double feature screening with The One-Armed Executioner.
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Film Credits
- Monster Jimenez, Mario Cornejo
- Martika Ramirez Escobar
- Lawrence S. Ang
- Eero Yves S. Francisco
- Carlos Mauricio
- Sheila Francisco, Bong Cabrera, Rocky Salumbides, Anthony Falcon
- Alyana Cabral and Pan De Coco
- Arkeofilms