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Lav Diaz is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter, Co-Producer, Director of Photography, Editor, Sound and Cinematography Philippin born on 30 december 1958 at Mindanao

Lav Diaz

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Birth name Lavrente Indico Diaz
Nationality Philippines
Birth 30 december 1958 (65 years) at Mindanao
Awards Guggenheim Fellowship

Lav Diaz or Lavrente Indico Diaz is an acclaimed Filipino independent filmmaker, born in Datu Paglas, Maguindanao, Mindanao, Philippines, on December 30, 1958.

He has won several international awards such as the award for Best Picture at the Singapore International Film Festival, the Independent Film Festival of Brussels and Gawad Urian in 2002 and Netpac Jury Prize and Best Acting Ensemble (2001 Cinemanila International Film Festival) for his film Batang West Side (including Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Cinematography, Best Production Design, Best Music, Best Sound at the Urian), in Gawad Urian in 2005 for the film Ebolusyon ng Isang Pamilyang Pilipino (Evolution of a Filipino Family), and Special Jury Prize at the Fribourg International Film Festival in 2006 for Heremias, Book One.

His films often tackle the issues regarding the current social and political state of the Philippines. His film Kagadanan sa banwaan ning mga engkanto (Death in the Land of Encantos), the Closing Film of the orizzonti section of the Venice Film Festival 2007, was awarded with a Golden Lion Special Mention. Death in the Land of Encantos was also in competition at the Artistic Innovation Award (Visions) of the Toronto International Film Festival 2007. He received several awards at the Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature. His film Melancholia won the Orizzonti Grand Prize at the 65th Venice International Film Festival in 2008. In January 2011 he joined the Board of Directors for Cine Foundation International.

He went back in 2011 at the Venice International Film Festival for his film "Siglo ng Pagluluwal" (Century of Birthing) and which earned the Grand Jury Prize at the 13th Cinemanila International Film Festival. The following year, his film Florentina Hubaldo, CTE won Best Asian Film at the Jeonju International Film Festival and gained the On-Screen Award at the Images Festival.

His 2013 film Norte, The End of History was screened in the Un Certain Regard section of 2013 Cannes Film Festival.

Biography

Né aux Philippines le 30 décembre 1958, Lavrente Indico Diaz grandit à Cotabato, Mindanao, sous le règne de Ferdinand Marcos et dans les années sanglantes de la loi martiale. Après des études d’économie et de droit, il signe des scénarios et réalise ses premiers courts métrages au milieu des années 1980.

Achevé dix ans plus tard alors qu’il partage sa vie entre New York et les Philippines, Evolution of a Filipino Family (2004) lui vaudra, avec West Side Kid (2001) et Heremias, Book One: The Legend of the Lizard Princess (2006), une reconnaissance internationale. Death in the Land of Encantos (2007) et Melancholia (2008) sont tous deux récompensés à la Mostra de Venise.

En 2009, il est sélectionné pour écrire et réaliser un segment du Jeonju Digital Project, intitulé Butterflies Have No Memories. Suivent Century of Birthing (2010), Florentina Hubaldo, CTE (2012), et Norte, la fin de l'histoire (2013) qui figure dans la sélection « Un certain regard » du Festival de Cannes. En 2014, il remporte le Léopard d'or au Festival de Locarno pour From What is Before (Mula sa Kung Ano ang Noon).

En 2013, Lav Diaz réalise Prologue to the Great Desaparecido, court métrage d'introduction à un vaste projet en devenir, The Great Desaparecido, sur la disparition en 1897 d'Andres Bonifacio, fondateur de la Révolution philippine assassiné par ses rivaux.

Une rétrospective lui est consacrée en novembre 2015 au Jeu de Paume.

Lav Diaz est également musicien et auteur de bandes dessinées.

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Filmography of Lav Diaz (12 films)

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Actor

Independence, 1h17
Origin Philippines
Genres Drama
Actors Tetchie Agbayani, Alessandra De Rossi, Sid Lucero, Agot Isidro, Eula Valdez, Paula Peralejo
Roles Townspeople
Rating65% 3.276193.276193.276193.276193.27619
The film starts in a street scene. The people are in jovial spirits and are eager to celebrate the Philippines' newfound independence from Spain. The music and festivities then stop abruptly and they look up to the horizon. In few whispered words, the townspeople remark that "they are coming," referring to the American forces. Wary of the terror the soldiers might bring upon them, a mother (Tetchie Agbayani) decides to flee to the mountain jungles with her son (Sid Lucero). Deep in the jungle, they find an abandoned wooden hut and decide to settle there away from civilization and the perceived oppression that could come from the Americans. One day, the son finds a young woman (Alessandra de Rossi), exhausted and lying on the road after an American soldier rapes her. He tends to her, much to the reluctance of his mother. However, his mother eventually falls ill, then dies; he buries her in the middle of the forest. Afterwards, the woman gives birth to her child from the rape.

Director

Season of the Devil, 3h54
Directed by Lav Diaz
Origin Philippines
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Piolo Pascual, Shaina Magdayao, Angel Aquino, Pinky Amador
Rating69% 3.470713.470713.470713.470713.47071
1979, au plus fort de la loi martiale instaurée par le président Marcos, quelques villageois rebelles tentent de résister…
When the Waves are gone
Directed by Lav Diaz
Origin Philippines

Un homme qui, après avoir passé 29 ans en prison, tentera de retrouver son amour et ses biens que son meilleur ami lui a volés.
The Woman Who Left, 3h46
Directed by Lav Diaz
Origin Philippines
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Charo Santos-Concio, John Lloyd Cruz, Michael De Mesa, Cacai Bautista
Rating71% 3.5926253.5926253.5926253.5926253.592625
L'histoire débute en 1997, quand Horacia Somorostro (Charo Santos-Concio) est libérée de prison après avoir été condamnée pour un crime qu'elle n'a pas commis. Elle retrouve sa fille et apprend que son mari est décédé et son fils a disparu pendant son emprisonnement. En revanche, la situation sociale n'a pas changé : les élites ont toujours le pouvoir, comme le démontre la position toujours forte de Rodrigo Trinidad, son ancien amant qui l'a fait tombée dans un coup monté. Les gens riches, comme Rodrigo, sont visés par des kidnappings en série et sont forcés de se cloîtrer dans leurs maisons. Profitant de la crise, Horacia commence à mettre sur pied sa vengeance.
A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery, 8h5
Directed by Lav Diaz
Origin Philippines
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Adventure, Historical
Actors Piolo Pascual, John Lloyd Cruz, Alessandra De Rossi, Angel Aquino
Rating73% 3.6777253.6777253.6777253.6777253.677725
Une fresque cinématographique en 3 parties sur la révolution philippine contre le régime colonial espagnol à la fin du 19ème siècle. Isagani, étudiant naïf, brillant et poète, se laisse influencer par le ténébreux Simoun, un radical qui prône la violence au nom de la libération. Représentant les tendances les plus sombres et destructrices de l’insurrection dans les milieux urbains et aristocrates, Simoun opère cependant un virement après une blessure presque fatale.
From What Is Before, 5h38
Directed by Lav Diaz
Origin Philippines
Genres Drama
Rating75% 3.7898753.7898753.7898753.7898753.789875
The Philippines, 1972. Mysterious things are happening in a remote barrio. Wails are heard from the forest, cows are hacked to death, a man is found bleeding to death at the crossroad and houses are burned. Ferdinand E. Marcos announces Proclamation No. 1081 putting the entire country under Martial Law.
Norte, The End of History, 4h10
Directed by Lav Diaz
Origin Philippines
Genres Drama, Historical, Crime
Themes Prison films
Actors Archie Alemania, Sid Lucero, Angeli Bayani
Rating74% 3.7434853.7434853.7434853.7434853.743485
The lives of three people take a turn when one of them commits a crime.
Melancholia, 7h30
Directed by Lav Diaz
Origin Philippines
Genres Drama
Actors Angeli Bayani, Raul Arellano, Irma Adlawan
Rating73% 3.6786653.6786653.6786653.6786653.678665
Death in the Land of Encantos, 9h
Directed by Lav Diaz
Origin Philippines
Genres Drama
Actors Angeli Bayani
Rating77% 3.8975353.8975353.8975353.8975353.897535
Le poète Benjamin Agusan retourne dans sa ville natale de Padang sur l'île de Sumatra après le passage du typhon Durian en 2006.
Evolution of a Filipino Family, 10h43
Directed by Lav Diaz
Origin Philippines
Genres Drama
Actors Marife Necesito, Pen Medina, Ronnie Lazaro, Lino Brocka, Joel Torre, Angel Aquino
Rating75% 3.7765553.7765553.7765553.7765553.776555
Variety describes the film thus: "Lav Diaz’s Evolution of a Filipino Family patiently and methodically observes the collapse and hopeful revival of a poor farming clan, meant to symbolize a nation’s history spanning 1971 to 1987."

Scriptwriter

Season of the Devil, 3h54
Directed by Lav Diaz
Origin Philippines
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Piolo Pascual, Shaina Magdayao, Angel Aquino, Pinky Amador
Roles Writer
Rating69% 3.470713.470713.470713.470713.47071
1979, au plus fort de la loi martiale instaurée par le président Marcos, quelques villageois rebelles tentent de résister…
The Woman Who Left, 3h46
Directed by Lav Diaz
Origin Philippines
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Charo Santos-Concio, John Lloyd Cruz, Michael De Mesa, Cacai Bautista
Rating71% 3.5926253.5926253.5926253.5926253.592625
L'histoire débute en 1997, quand Horacia Somorostro (Charo Santos-Concio) est libérée de prison après avoir été condamnée pour un crime qu'elle n'a pas commis. Elle retrouve sa fille et apprend que son mari est décédé et son fils a disparu pendant son emprisonnement. En revanche, la situation sociale n'a pas changé : les élites ont toujours le pouvoir, comme le démontre la position toujours forte de Rodrigo Trinidad, son ancien amant qui l'a fait tombée dans un coup monté. Les gens riches, comme Rodrigo, sont visés par des kidnappings en série et sont forcés de se cloîtrer dans leurs maisons. Profitant de la crise, Horacia commence à mettre sur pied sa vengeance.
A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery, 8h5
Directed by Lav Diaz
Origin Philippines
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Adventure, Historical
Actors Piolo Pascual, John Lloyd Cruz, Alessandra De Rossi, Angel Aquino
Rating73% 3.6777253.6777253.6777253.6777253.677725
Une fresque cinématographique en 3 parties sur la révolution philippine contre le régime colonial espagnol à la fin du 19ème siècle. Isagani, étudiant naïf, brillant et poète, se laisse influencer par le ténébreux Simoun, un radical qui prône la violence au nom de la libération. Représentant les tendances les plus sombres et destructrices de l’insurrection dans les milieux urbains et aristocrates, Simoun opère cependant un virement après une blessure presque fatale.