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When the Waves are Gone

  • Lav Diaz
  • 187 min
  • Philippines, France, Portugal, Denmark
  • 2022
  • Fiction
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Slow cinema master Lav Diaz attacks Rodrigo Duterte’s murderous anti-drug policy in the epic police-thriller interpretation of “The Count of Monte Cristo.”

Lav Diaz is not just known for his peerless, poetic images and his political settlements with the history of the Philippines, but also for his lengthy films. At 229 minutes, The Woman Who Left (GFF 2016) was the longest film to win the Golden Lion at Venice and the breakthrough work Evolution of a Filipino Family (GFF 2005) was ten whole hours long. However, When the Waves Are Gone clocks in at a neat 187 minutes, and tells about a policeman who develops skin problems due to the anxiety caused by witnessing the horrible brutality of his colleagues in the fight against the dealers. While his psoriasis heals, the shadows of the past begin chasing him in what becomes a twisting cop thriller with a sense of Michael Mann and Greek tragedy.

- Jonas Holmberg

Language
Tagalog
Subtitles
English
Original title
Kapag wala nang mga alon
  • Thriller
  • Brott
  • Hämnd
Director
Lav Diaz
Producers
Joaquim Saphino , Marta Alves , Bianca Balbuena , Bradley Liew , Jean-Christophe Simon
Screenplay
Lav Diaz
Cinematographer
Larry Manda
Editor
Lav Diaz
Cast
John Lloyd Cruz , Shamaine Centenera-Buencamino , Ronnie Lazaro , Dms Boongaling
Contact
Films Boutique,  contact@filmsboutique.com