World film project: Philippines
Jan. 19th, 2021 10:15 pmWe really struggled to find any films at all from Ethiopia. So we didn't make any progress on the project for three months, and eventually we gave up and moved to the next in the list, the Philippines. But at some point in the last couple of weeks the Wikipedia list we're relying on updated its estimates and now reckons the Philippines has more people than Ethiopia, so we're not yet out of order after all.
Anyway, the film we picked was Cuddle weather (2019), dir Rod Cabataña-Marmol. It's a film about the relationship between two sex workers, which I was unsure about when we were picking and frankly I'm still a bit unsure about having seen it. But it's a really sweet love story with some great acting from the two leads.
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We're in theory still looking for films from Ethiopia and DR Congo, but I think realistically we should choose an Egyptian film rather than get stalled again. Does anybody have any recommendations for Egyptian films? We're ideally looking for 21st century and not extremely violent or depressing.
Anyway, the film we picked was Cuddle weather (2019), dir Rod Cabataña-Marmol. It's a film about the relationship between two sex workers, which I was unsure about when we were picking and frankly I'm still a bit unsure about having seen it. But it's a really sweet love story with some great acting from the two leads.
( detailed review )
We're in theory still looking for films from Ethiopia and DR Congo, but I think realistically we should choose an Egyptian film rather than get stalled again. Does anybody have any recommendations for Egyptian films? We're ideally looking for 21st century and not extremely violent or depressing.
