Film notes john lloyd cruz shines in honor thy father by pablo a. Honor thy father is a 2015 filipino crime, thriller, drama film directed by erik matti, starring john lloyd cruz. Movie supporting actor of the year, tirso cruz iii, won. Starring john lloyd cruz, meryll soriano, dan fernandez, tirso cruz iii. There is a street named after his father and paternal grandfather which uses their common namesake located in tondo, manila called tirso cruz st. Honour thy father is a dark and unsettling book about four sisters agatha, the eldest, milly, our narrator and the twins ellen and esther, who exist very. The film is likely to dominate all other entries in terms of a familiar story.
In his engrossing honor thy father, gay talese proves that four decades ago, the mafia was not what it used to be, which was basically a monopolistic almost exclusively italian criminal empire. Honor thy father is a filipino movie, directed by acclaimed filmmaker erik matti of on the job fame, and an entry to the 2015 metro manila film festival. The gawad urian is the most esteemed film awards in the philiippines. Honor thy father film honor thy father originally titled as conman is a 2015 filipino thriller crime drama film directed by erik matti and starring john lloyd cruz. Honor thy father is the black sheep film shown on the festival that normally caters familyfriendly popcorn fare. Instead, violence, guns, and dirt pave the road to retribution, augmented by cinematographer ber cruz depiction of the filipino provinces. Honor thy father is an action movie that is directed and written by erik matti, and produced by reality entertainment.
The titular directive powering honor thy father seems more mordantly. The titular directive powering honor thy father seems more mordantly sarcastic with every passing minute in filipino director erik mattis portrait of a man beset by his devout wifes daddy issues not just with her own crooked father but with the god to whom she and her affluent friends are hysterically devoted. Online estimates of tirso cruz iiis net worth vary. The best supporting actress and actor went to maine mendoza and tirso cruz iii, for the films my bebe love and honor thy father respectively. Cancer survivor tirso cruz iii turns 63 abscbn news. Directed by erik matti on the job, sdaff with uncompromising grit and drama that surrounds every corner with claustrophobic tension, honor thy father wraps its darkness in restless love. Honor thy father bishop tony 2015 ex with benefits jimmy 2015 when i fall in love armando buenaventura 2014. The actor is nominated for best actor twice, for honor thy father and a second chance, in this years gawad urian, slated for june 21. The four films are also in the race for best picture. Honor thy father stars john lloyd cruz and was graded a by the cinema evaluation board.
Ipinalabas ang honor thy father, executiveproduced and starred by john lloyd cruz, sa toronto international film festival tiff bago pa man maging official entry ito sa mmff. It stars john lloyd cruz, meryl soriano, and tirso cruz iii. Honor thy father by gay talese goodreads share book. It was screened in the contemporary world cinema section of. Honor thy father honors the art of filmmaking nood.
The best pinoy pride movies you should have already. See the full list of honor thy father cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. It was screened in the contemporary world cinema section of the 2015 toronto international film festival. Aside from cruz, it also features meryll soriano and tirso cruz iii. The real problems arise when kaye, as part and parcel of her duties towards her church, promotes her father s complicated investment scheme to her fellow parishioners, who buy into it willingly.
The 33yearold actor is the first filipino winner of the new york asian film festivals star asia award. This just in, view the complete list of winners from the recently concluded metro manila film festival, gabi ng parangal though, smothered with questions and controversies because of the recent news about the disqualification of erik mattis movie, honor thy father on the best picture category, mmff managed to snatch the spotlight back to their stage as they announced their winners in the. Erik mattis honor thy father and lawrence fajardos imbisibol will be screened at the toronto international film festival tiff, which happens on september 10 to 20, 2015. See more of paglaya sa tanikala freedom from chains on facebook. While waiting for his daughter angel krystal brimner to join him, he. While its relatively simple to predict his income, its harder to know how much tirso has spent over the years. Manila, philippines independent films honor thy father and heneral luna lead this years nominations in the 2016 gawad urian awards scheduled on june 21 at the kia theater. With honor thy father, everyone more or less thinks they have the moral high ground. The film was disqualified by the metro manila film festival executive committee from the best picture category after the film failed to disclose its participation as the opening film of the 2015 cinema one originals film festival. When everything hits rock bottom, edgar john lloyd cruz is forced to dig into his roots and be the man he left long ago. The movie stars john lloyd cruz in his first ever action film together with meryl soriano, tirso cruz iii, dan fernandez, and khalil ramos, honor thy father was already screened in several independent film festivals and is set to conquer this years metro manila film festival. Bodie cruz is one of the actors from pinoy big brother as housemate. The film was screened in the toronto international film festival last august.
But their world unravels instantaneously one day when edgar swings by his father inlaws house to find the place ransacked and the old man gone. Creed is an excellent movie but holy fuck the coincidences in that movie are just too. All seems well and good until her father turns up murdered, and the money disappears. It was an official entry to the 2015 metro manila film festival. This is a film that tries to neglect the existence of a god with all the facets the films characters had to face in a screwedup world where hope is dreamt. A family is caught in a financial ruin after being involved in a ponzi. The book introduces readers to the tough, exciting world of the mafia.
John lloyd cruz bilang edgar meryll soriano bilang kaye dan fernandez bilang manny tirso cruz iii bilang bishop tony perla bautista bilang nanang yayo aguila bilang jessica khalil ramos bilang emil william martinez bilang pastor obet lander vera perez bilang. Tirso cruz iii plays the minister in the metro manila film festival entry. Maybe, but no worse than the ridiculous coincidences in books, movies and shows. Continue to the next page to see tirso cruz iii net worth, estimated salary and earnings. Manila, philippines there are no good men in erik mattis honor thy father. At the center of this bleak, sobering tale of survival is edgar john lloyd cruz. Honor thy father disqualified from mmff best picture. Noted names in philippine entertainment in this film include. Photo courtesy of reality entertainment manila, philippines there are no good men in erik mattis honor thy father. Sinabi ng doktor, you are now 100% cancerfree, cruz was quoted as saying. Cineastes will have strong reason to patronize the metro manila film festival mmff with a very special entry, honor thy father, starring john lloyd cruz, among others. Honor thy father and the da dog show are followed closely by jerrold tarogs heneral luna, brillante mendozas taklub, jun lanas anino sa likod ng buwan, and carlo encisco catus ari.
It steers clear of preaching values and promising happy endings and instead, unabashedly strips humanity down to its raw, primal core. John lloyd cruz, meryll soriano, tirso cruz iii, dan fernandez, perla bautista. Superstar nora aunor, meanwhile, disregards theatrical pretenses and those fancy ocular spotlights in mendozas antithesis to the typical pinoy melodrama. The aswang chronicles delivers not only just another outstanding festival entry, but an outstanding. The author has evidently collected a huge amount of research about each incident and character in the novel. A familys idyllic life descends into chaos when the.
The actor said they received the good news from his doctors just two weeks ago, or six months after his operation. Honor thy father captures cruz at a very interesting moment in his career, when he is changing audience preconceptions of him. With john lloyd cruz, meryll soriano, dan fernandez, tirso cruz iii. Dan fernandez, tirso cruz iii, perla bautista, yayo aguila, khalil ramos, william martinez, lander vera perez, boom labrusca, krystal brimner, dalin sarmiento. The tiff screening will be the world premiere of honor thy father. John lloyd cruz continues to surprise his audience.
The film was disqualified by the metro manila film festival executive committee from the best. Honor thy father leads the pack with lead actor john lloyd cruz turning in his career best performance. He was sleazy and sharklike but not to the point of being outright villainous. Tirso cruz iii yayo aguila dan fernandez krystal brimner. Honor thy father challenges the security we take for granted. On the job, with the deceptively understated honor thy father. Honor thy father is a 2015 filipino thriller crime drama film directed by erik matti and starring. It mainly explores a world of desperation, a commentary about oppression and greed, the theme of family and the reality of facing consequences. Honor thy father a man must revive his longburied past in order to keep his family from harm. Honor thy father by gay talese is a well written and reported literary journalism novel about the mafia.
Honor thy father tells the story of a familys hardships, heightened by their involvement in a ponzi scheme. There is something to be said about a films trailer moving me to tears and this was what it managed to do for me. Cruz is now back to his normal life and has just finished shooting the. Even before all the brouhaha about erik mattis honor thy father s mmff disqualification from the best picture category, i was already set to watch this john lloyd cruz starrer immediately after seeing the trailer.
John lloyd cruz nominated twice for best actor in 2016. Starring john lloyd cruz, meryll soriano, dan fernandez, tirso cruz iii, perla bautista. Edgar john lloyd cruz and kaye meryll soriano seek to pay their familys debt to kayes coparishioners. Honor thy father is a filipino movie, directed by acclaimed filmmaker erik matti. Honor thy father begins with a shot of the protagonist edgar john lloyd cruz breaking the ground in a lawn in the cordilleran highland city of baguio. Tirso cruz iii was a former roman catholic, but in 2009, he converted to bornagain evangelical christianity. Cruz is now back to his normal life and has just finished shooting the film honor thy father with john lloyd cruz. This is her debut novel, which won both the somerset maugham and the betty trask awards.
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