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The film still manages to out together striking images that depict a city bursting with life. The reward for doing so is discovering the individual charms of these vignettes, each of them contributing to the living portrait of the life of an aspiring artist in this absurd city. And yet that is part of the charm. His ambitions gain him entry into the strange world of the Manila art scene, which introduces him to a variety of weird characters. And for all its faults, the never feels anything less than an original, personal vision.

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Cecile Guidote-Alvarez plays Mario's "grandmother," and their meeting scene is bizarre yet touching. Find showtimes, watch trailers, browse photos, track your Watchlist and rate your favorite movies and TV shows on your phone or tablet! You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating manyila. The acting is all right.

Elwood Perez film ‘Esoterika: Maynila’ to have limited run this month

Donato and Raul seem to be working a "con" on rich matrons, producers, promoters and gallery owners. There isn't really any judging of the contents of this movie. The major characters are played by newcomers and the support by non-marquee names, with Perez deigning to cast some familiar names in key roles.

This movie doesn't really care much about delivering a cohesive narrative. That synopsis doesn't really cover it, though. Browse free movies and TV series. And mayni,a all its faults, the never feels anything less than an original, personal vision. There is a subplot maymila a con. Its flaws cannot simply be ignored. But it is just as hard to ignore the weird soul that is infused in all of these bizarre vignettes, and the sheer enjoyment that seems to have gone into making them.

His ambitions gain him entry into the strange world of the Manila art scene, which introduces him to a variety of weird characters. It really is rough esoterikaa the edges, the limitations of the production visible in almost every scene.

There's still time esoterjka the hunky Liang to harness his acting chops, but he looks the part and acts the part but work on your elocution and diction, man! His girlfriend the only real girl in his romantic life visits him, voices her disgust at such culinary fare, and proceeds to have hot sex with him.

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Edit Cast Cast overview, first billed only: But should one embrace all of this, the film provides a shaky but exhilarating tour through a face of the city rarely depicted in film. Although I had an inkling that Liang would bare skin, I had no idea he would be given a lot of sexy scenes!

The dichotomy between Mario and Raul seem to underscore the theory that it's really just one person -- Elwood himself, who based this on his actual personal experiences, especially when he was penning the film BAGWIS.

Del Sol has a very surprising "exposure" scene as Mario keeps stalking her and fantasizing about marriage with "her.

It's tough to say mayni,a this is a good thing or a bad thing, but it certainly is unique. Solita Solita del Esotwrika is a beautiful trans-gender very timely of Perez to have written such a character, given the controversial Jennifer Laude murder whom our hero meets on a train ride. Elwood Perez has directed a film that is all at once jarring, charming, bizarre, campy, laced with shticks and conceits, full of wry humor, but fascinating and riveting. Mona Adelle Aura is the widow of the wealthy Conrado Soriano.

Alas, being surrounded by theater and veteran actors, Liang's voice- over narration leaves a lot to be desired; it belies esoterikq strength as a natural singer but poor speaker. Add the first question.

One Must Embrace the Strangeness of ‘Esoterika: Maynila’

Like OtsoEsoterika: Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. It is far too weird, and it demands a kind of openness that may well be beyond even the most avid of local film fans. Full Cast and Crew.

Trying to ascribe a value to its contents is a futile endeavor, one's opinions ultimately useless in the face of the barrage surreal visions that the movie delivers. And yet that is part of the charm. As the lives of the first girlfriend, of Esoterikaa, Solita, two brothers who are "cousins" of Mario intersect Mario's, Manila is presented in all its glory and, for lack of a better word, grime.