Kapatiran

My third film #Kapatiran is part of this year's #QCinema. Please come to one of our screenings: Oct. 24, Sat, 9:00pm at Gateway (Gala Premiere); Oct. 25, Sun, 6:20pm at TriNoMa; Oct. 26, Mon, 1:00pm at Galleria; Oct. 29, Thurs, 1:00pm at TriNoMa; Oct. 30, Friday, 3:30pm at TriNoMa; Oct. 31, Saturday, 6:00pm at Gateway. QCinema is shaping up to be awesome. Aside from the new Filipino films in competition, eight features and five documentaries, the international line-up is something else — "Apocalypse Now", "Irreversible", the must-see Venice winner, "Court", the Iranian vampire movie "A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night", Apichatpong Weerasethakul's "Cemetery of Splendour" and the new "Little Prince" movie. What a treat. See you all there!

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Director: Pepe Diokno

Synopsis: In an elite law school fraternity, ironically, law is out of the question. Kapatiran follows a week in the lives of a neophyte, a master, and a lawyer alumnus, and crosses the lines of money, power and connections within Manila’s society. This all culminates on a Sunday, at the grand final initiation rites of the brotherhood.

Why you should get excited: Pepe Diokno expands the cinematic lore on fraternities by focusing not on the hazing but on the personal and societal motivations of joining a fraternity.
He sets his eyes on the legal profession, which has been predominantly lorded over by men and women who are bonded by brotherhood and sisterhood. Diokno, who in Engkwentro (2009) has shown how uncompromising he is when it comes to political and social issues, is bound to ruffle a few feathers given that the topic of his film seems to close to reality.