![]() ![]() It is an account that act as a mirror and it will be hard not to empathise with these characters, to hear these voices and to not apply these in this world we experience every day. Through artistic means, like films and literary fiction, we walk in the shoes of the characters in these stories. It is especially crucial today in a time of tyrants and historical revisionism. #Martial law movie movieThe movie Ginoong Maria is but one example of how the arts are crucial as a narrative, an expression and a critique. ![]() It does not attempt to predict the future and this is probably because it is still being written and the situations today calls for uncertainty. Through artistic means it mirrors the past and the present. They find the loss of one power hungry leader only means more space for their ambitions.The movie narrates a parallel reality, of the macro and micro sense, of the Philippines. Many casualties occur along the way but it does not matter to them. All of these events occur simply because the elite think little or care little for the effects of their actions, their selfish climb for power. These are the people who are in poverty, in an environment of poverty and crime and where there is little encouragement or options for a better life. But, can he also be seen as a victim? A victim like the people who cannot help but fall into a cycle of crime despite it not really being the best for themselves, their loved ones. The father is a supporter who can be thought of as fallen deaf to what his life has become because of the gang. Despite the hardships that ruined his life and broken his family the father continues to be within the gang. The daughter, who did not agree with her father’s choices, is the new generation who is angry, revengeful and in need of change, she suffers the effects of her father’s choices. The mother is reminiscent of the innocent people of the Philippines in the past: fallen victims to the larger game of the tatsulok. To me, the gang also portrays the power play among an exclusive group of elites and ruling class that is sometimes termed as ‘tatsulok’. The film is a fictional retelling of today’s current socio-political events.The movie Ginoong Maria focuses on the involvement of a family man in a gang of crooks and assassins. ![]()
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