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Inmate (The)

Country: Philippines, Language: Tagalog, 140 mins

Original Title

Selda
  • Director: Ellen Ramos; Paolo Villaluna
  • Writer: Paolo Villaluna; Ellen Ramos
  • Producer: Leo Dominguez; Josephine Saba

CGiii Comment

The opening credit sequence is as annoying as hell...too long...in truth, no-one is really interested in who did what...unless, it's a huge film.

Overly long, overly ambitious - and not matched by any overt talent.

It reeks of incompetence on both sides of the camera.

Thoroughly painful and tedious from start to finish.


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The(ir) Blurb...

Set in two contrasting enivronments that undeline the same premise of imprisonment, Selda tells the story of Rommel (Sid Lucero), a young man who accidentally kills a boy, resulting in his incarceration. Inside the jail, he befriends another inmate, Esteban (Emilio), who becomes his rock and protector. Seven years later, Rommel is living in the province as a farmer together with Sita (Ara Mina) his wife. Esteban tracks down Rommel in hopes of renewing a brewing love affair. Rommel and Sita welcome Esteban into their lives, until their intimacy crosses borderlines and results in the undeniable scourge of self-discovery.

Cast & Characters

Sid Lucero as Rommel;
Emilio Garcia as Esteban;
Ara Mina as Sita;
Michael De Mesa as Warden Ramos;
Allan Paule as Boy P.;
Soliman Cruz as Mang Jon;
Ping Medina as Kaloglog;
Hector Macaso as Hector;
Raul Morit as Vigo;
Bombi Plata as Junior;
Simon Ibarra as Jail Guard;
Randy Punsal as Jail Guard;
Jun as Buboy;
Madeleine Red as Elena;
G.J. Reyes as Esteban's Son