Sunday 10 January 2016
Imbisibol Review: One Of The Best Local Films About OFW's
‘IMBISIBOL’ won several awards at last year’s Sinag Maynila Filmfest, including best picture, best director for Lawrence Fajardo, best actor and actress for Allen Dizon and Ces Quesada, and various technical awards. It is based on a Virgin Labfest play about TNT (tago ng tago) Filipinos working illegally in Japan. First is Benjie (Bernardo Bernardo) who has two jobs. His day job is working in a factory and at night, he works in a club. He becomes miserable when his longtime companion (Ricky Davao) is suddenly arrested and deported back home.
Then there’s Manuel (Allen Dizon), an aging hosto with a gambling problem who no longer attracts female clients and has problems sending money to his family in the Philippines. Last is Rodel (JM de Guzman), a new worker in a lumber yard whose rivalry with an older Filipino worker (JC Santos) ends in tragedy.
There’s a fourth Filipino character, Linda (Ces Quesada), who’s married to a Japanese and is not an illegal alien. She has her own problem as her husband is forcing to evict all the overstaying illegal aliens renting in their apartments as they might get her into trouble, but she just doesn’t have the guts to do it.
By Mario Bautista: Showbiz Portal
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