Desaparadiso (2015)
Director: Khavn
Country: Philippines
1h 15min
One day, they just disappeared. Just like that. One didn’t go to work,
one didn’t go to his appointment, didn’t meet his date. The dishes
served were left to rot, and the bed remained immaculate; the sheets
unruffled and unslept in. One cannot say if they are alive or dead. And
for this reason, there is no funeral, no nine-day wake, no mass, no
burning of candles, or recitation of litanies for the dead. Because they
are not dead (or maybe there are), and who is to know what has become
of them?
What can a family do if someone disappears in a dictatorship? You can’t go to the police for help or information. Many families were affected in this way by the cruelty of the Marcos dictatorship (1972-1986). The film shows one of them as an example of paradise lost.
What can a family do if someone disappears in a dictatorship? You can’t go to the police for help or information. Many families were affected in this way by the cruelty of the Marcos dictatorship (1972-1986). The film shows one of them as an example of paradise lost.
