Halt (The)
Original Title
Ang hupa- Director: Lav Diaz
- Producer: Joyce E. Bernal; Piolo Pascual; Erickson Raymundo; Enrico A. Roque
CGiii Comment
The year is 2034. In Lav Diaz’s sci-fi vision of future, a deadly flu has killed millions, while the sun has stopped shining over South-East Asia. With the Philippines plunged into perpetual darkness, a despotic president grasps his chance to turn the desolated country into an oppressive dystopia.
Across four-and-a-half hours, slow-cinema veteran Diaz (Season of the Devil, MIFF 2018; The Woman Who Left, MIFF 2017) deploys his patient storytelling prowess to tell a politically impassioned portrait of potential times to come – one that, taking cues from his previous historical-leaning work, jumps to another time to reflect upon today’s woes.
As rebel forces rally against their maniacal Filipino ruler, The Halt proves a blistering treatise on power and corruption, as painted across the screen with Diaz’s intoxicatingly detailed and penetrating visuals.
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Cast & Characters
Joel Lamangan as President Nirvano Navarra
Piolo Pascual as Hook Torollo
Shaina Magdayao as Haminilda Rios
Pinky Amador as Jean Hadoro
Hazel Orencio as Martha Officio
Mara Lopez as Marissa Ventura
Noel Miralles as Father Romero
Earl Ignacio as Delivery Man
Adrienne Vergara as Mameng
Ian Lomongo as General Chua
Ely Buendia as Django
Joel Saracho as Mailman
Philip Heremans as Mennen Reyes
Susan Africa as Mamang
Dolly De Leon as Education Minister