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By Bayani San Diego Jr.
Philippine Daily Inquirer

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VICTORY IN VENICE Director Brillante Mendoza and actress Nora Aunor show off one of the awards of “Thy Womb.” ALVIN UMAHON/CONTRIBUTOR

 

Everywhere she went in Lido, Filipino actress Nora Aunor was greeted by admirers—clapping, cheering and congratulating her for “Thy Womb” (Sinapupunan), which won three honors at the 69th Venice International Film Festival over the weekend.

Aunor, considered a superstar in the Philippines, told the Philippine Daily Inquirer in Filipino: “The Italians kept saying: ‘Bellissima! Bravissima!’”

Her latest starrer, Brillante Mendoza’s “Thy Womb” won three awards in Venice: Bisato D’Oro, La Navicella or Venezia Cinema prize and the P. Nazareno Taddei Award Special Mention.

Aunor attended the Venice fest with Mendoza and costars Lovi Poe and Mercedes Cabral.

Producer Larry Castillo said the critics adored Aunor who won the Bisato D’Oro prize for her performance. Castillo told the Inquirer that Aunor’s award was given by Premio della Critica Indipendiente, an independent critics’ group.

Previous recipients of the award were directors and producers. Aunor is the first actress and Filipino to win the prize.

Aunor recalled that the Bisato D’Oro ceremony was held on Friday at Bar Maleti, a restaurant near her hotel.

The Philippine contingent stayed at the Hotel Excelsior Venezia in Lido, Venice.

“I am happy that our film was invited to Venice. It’s a great honor just to be included in this year’s lineup. To win an award is a wonderful bonus,” Aunor said of her award.

She said the critics were touched by the film. “They told me that they cried, especially toward the ending. They said they were moved by the emotions I showed in the movie.”

La Navicella award

On Saturday morning, Mendoza received La Navicella/Venezia Cinema prize—one of the collateral awards handed out before the fest’s major honors.

According to the Venice website, the award is given by critics and the Rivisita del Cinematografo, an Italian publication. “La Navicella is awarded to the director of a film considered particularly relevant for the affirmation of human values,” an online report said.

A previous winner of the La Navicella award was Kathryn Bigelow’s “The Hurt Locker,” which went on to win an Oscar in 2010. Other past winners of the prize included such heavyweights in world cinema as Louis Malle, Zhang Yimou, Stephen Frears and Abel Ferrara.

The Navicella jury commended the Filipino film “for giving voice to the Badjao community in a respectful and emotionally involved manner.”

In the film, Aunor portrays a barren Badjao midwife searching for a suitable woman (Poe) who can bear a child for her husband (Bembol Roco).

Taddei award

In the citation, the Navicella jury praised the film: “Although … ethnographic, the film goes beyond naturalism and turns into poetry. Mendoza brings to the screen an act of total love which stands out today as true scandal against frivolous provocation.”

During the closing ceremony on Saturday night, Mendoza won the P. Nazareno Taddei Award Special Mention.

The P. Nazareno Taddei Award went to Korean filmmaker Kim Ki-duk’s “Pieta,” which won the Golden Lion as well.

Established in 2007, the P. Nazareno Taddei Award was named after a Jesuit priest. It is given to films that “express authentic human values.”

The Hollywood Reporter critic Neil Young considered Aunor one of the front-runners for the best actress award, which went to Israel’s Hadas Yaron of “Fill the Void.”

Although it failed to bring home major awards, “Thy Womb” received a rousing ovation after its premiere on Thursday and was showered with glowing notices by critics.

Mendoza, who won best director in Cannes for the graphic crime drama “Kinatay” in 2009, said his goal in making “Thy Womb” was to tell a story of “unconditional love set in a beautiful but troubled place.”

Variety review

Mainstream publication Variety gave the film a positive review, praising the cinematography (by Odyssey Flores), acting (by Aunor) and production design (by Mendoza).

Variety’s Guy Lodge said “Aunor’s softly crinkled face beautifully registers the internal pain of her every decision in this curious process.” Lodge said the cinematography “negotiates picture-postcard skies and grubby boltholes with equal fluidity” and the production design “forges the unusual story with just the right balance of the exotic and the authentic.”

Variety described the film as “part marital tearjerker, part cultural comedy of manners … open-hearted … sentimental.”

Variety pointed out that “Thy Womb” had more in common with Mendoza’s Venice entry in 2009, “Lola,” than the “propulsive” “Captive,” which was the “hard-working Filipino provocateur’s” entry at the Berlin fest earlier this year.

CineVue’s Jo-Ann Titmarsh called the film “one of the most poignant and intimate films at this year’s Venice fest … a moving and visually captivating movie with two commanding yet understated central performances.”

“Thy Womb” also has screenings in the Toronto International Film Festival this month (on September 7, 9 and 16).

On the fest’s website, Toronto programmer Steve Gravestock raved about Aunor’s “moving portrayal of a woman determined to provide her husband with a child.” He also pointed out that Roco was “equally good as her stoic husband.”

Gravestock noted that Mendoza’s direction possessed an “unfailingly keen eye for detail and attention to the rhythms of rural life.”

Originally posted: September 9, 2012 | 4:50 pm


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专访《你的子宫》导演:中国电影曾在菲律宾很受捧

 

2012年09月07日 08:00
来源:凤凰网娱乐 作者:郝小斐

凤凰网娱乐讯 当地时间9月6日早,凤凰娱乐在威尼斯利都岛独家专访了著名导演布里兰特-曼多萨,他的最新作品《你的子宫》入围本届威尼斯电影节主竞赛单元,并于当日在威尼斯举行首映。《你的子宫》讲述了一个生活在菲律宾南部的不孕妇女,为了帮助丈夫实现生孩子的愿望,自己通过各种尝试努力帮助丈夫找寻第二任妻子的故事。布里兰特-曼多萨曾于2009年获得了戛纳电影节的最佳导演奖,并且多次入围欧洲三大电影节主竞赛单元。他的作品风格以写实暴力闻名,被誉为菲律宾的国宝级导演。在访谈中,曼多萨认为《你的子宫》这部电影向世界介绍了菲律宾存在这样一个地方,有这样一群穆斯林,他们平静温和地生活着;作为导演他想把这个美丽的地方介绍给世界,也并不介意自己的电影有旅游宣传的功能;同时他还谈到了菲律宾新浪潮电影的萌芽,以及中国电影曾经在菲律宾的风靡。

向世界介绍菲律宾也有一群内心平静的穆斯林

凤凰娱乐:您是什么时候到威尼斯的?在这里停留期间打算看一下今年的竞赛片吗?

曼多萨:我们昨天才到的。我很希望能看一些竞赛片,可是恐怕没有足够的时间。现在就是我开始的第一个访谈,然后接下来还排满了各种访谈。

凤凰娱乐:能给我们分享一下您这次的竞赛片《你的子宫》的创作意图吗?为什么选择讲述这个故事?

曼多萨:好的,这个故事是发生在一个甚至连菲律宾人都不知道的地方,在菲律宾南部,非常小的岛屿,少数民族聚居,是一个穆斯林的部落,穆斯林并不是十分暴力的民族,尤其是菲律宾的穆斯林。我到这里之后发现,这里的人们非常的冷静,他们一点都不暴力,一点都没有攻击性,这也是让我非常震惊的一点。但这部电影更多呈现了这个小岛的美景,自然风景十分迷人,就像是另一个世界,拥有不同的文化,对我来说他们身上似乎有很强的故事性,因为他们是非常温和的人。所以这部电影是告诉世界,在菲律宾也有这样的人们,他们拥有内心的平静。

凤凰娱乐:这部电影和您的上一部电影非常不同,您入围今年柏林电影节的竞赛片《俘虏》反映了多国文化,从《俘虏》到《你的子宫》,可不可以说您拍片的方向有一种改变?您现在更聚焦菲律宾本国的社会和文化?

曼多萨:我的大部分电影其实都是关注菲律宾的社会和文化,但我的这部新电影并不想探讨有争论的话题,而是想关注于这个故事本身。《俘虏》中当然也有很多暴力的情节,也有底层的人们。

不介意自己的电影拥有旅游宣传的功能

凤凰娱乐:您今年2月份有一部电影入围柏林电影节,现在又有一部电影来到威尼斯参赛,时间对您来说会不会很紧张?

曼多萨:还好,因为《俘虏》是去年的作品,我在2010年是没有拍片的,我在那一年进行了一些拍片前的研究工作以及撰写剧本,因为在09年,我的电影《洛拉》也是入围了威尼斯主竞赛单元。所以对我来说是由足够的时间,我有一整年的时间进行后制。

凤凰娱乐:在《俘虏》中,展现的是恶劣的丛林环境,但在《你的子宫》中,环境看起来是非常的平和且美丽,是不是意味着拍这部新片相对更容易些?

曼多萨:《俘虏》这部电影是我在的故乡拍摄的,《你的子宫》是在南部的菲律宾拍摄的,到那个小岛需要很长的旅途时间,它坐落在大海中央,我们需要乘船12个小时才能到达那个岛,所以这是拍摄这部电影很有挑战的一点。另一点是你要带着那么大的剧组住在那么小的岛上,而且那个小岛刚刚开始发展,没有很多的住宿可以给我们提供。但是从我们在那里拍摄之后,很多人都开始前往那个小岛旅游,它忽然成为了一个旅游景点。

凤凰娱乐:就像是跟着电影去旅游是吗?可不可以这样认为,这部电影也算是给那个地方做的一种宣传广告?

曼多萨:你可以这么说。因为大多数的菲律宾人,甚至是我,在之前都不知道这个地方的存在。所以这么美好的地方让你感到非常自豪,那里的人们那么善良,所以我不介意宣传一个这么美丽的地方。而且这部电影的故事完全是来自那个小岛,是根据真实的故事改编。因为当我去年9月到达那个地方的时候,我并没有一个成型的故事。

凤凰娱乐:在那里您是怎么获得这个故事的?您和当地的人交谈?

曼多萨:是的,我们和人们交谈,和他们一起吃饭……

凤凰娱乐:就像田野调查是吗?

曼多萨:对的,我想我们在去拍摄电影之前大概去了那个岛4、5次,我和我的摄影师、我的编剧以及制片人一起。

获奖后电影被更多人知道让我很开心

凤凰娱乐:您在2009年获得了戛纳最佳导演金棕榈奖,随着您声誉的提高,是不是您在选择电影主题上有了更多的自主权?

曼多萨:这就是真实的世界,当你的名望越来越高时,尤其是从世界性的电影节上获奖后。之前我的电影在菲律宾其实并不是很容易被看到,获奖之后让我的电影被更多人知道,所以我想这对我来说是一种帮助。我很开心,也很自豪。

凤凰娱乐:这对您电影获得资金是不是有帮助?

曼多萨:我一般都是从外国获得资助,还有朋友,也从菲律宾政府获得很少一部分自助,对这部电影来说,获得了菲律宾电影发展部门的部分资助,我还是很开心获得政府的资助。

凤凰娱乐:可不可以认为您的出现让世界开始更关注菲律宾的电影?

曼多萨:我想这就是电影的魔力,电影不仅能获得本国观众的注意,还能获得这种文化之外的人的关注,不同国家的人的关注,不仅仅适用于菲律宾电影。世界上所有的人都可以看到关于菲律宾的电影,即使他们没有去过菲律宾,他们将会有对菲律宾的“一瞥”。不仅仅是关于菲律宾的好的一面,吸引旅游者的一面,有一些并不是很好的关于菲律宾的印象,但却是真实的反映。对于菲律宾之外的国家观众来说,他们会关注我是如何拍摄菲律宾的。

菲律宾新浪潮电影在萌芽

凤凰娱乐:您确实对当代菲律宾电影有很大的推动,您认为现在菲律宾是否有新电影的发展迹象?

曼多萨:是的,新浪潮电影。我想随着科技的进步,拍电影在菲律宾变得更可行,有很多年轻的电影人开始拍摄自己的电影。我想现在的菲律宾电影变得更加健康。越来越多的人想参与到电影的拍摄中,你拍电影的时候,你的家人会成为电影角色的扮演者,您的街坊邻居会愿意为你提供帮助。你甚至可以去租借各种电影拍摄器材,然后稍后再付款。我在一些国家有教授电影的研究生课程,但在菲律宾的时候,有些我的学生并不知道如何将想法拍摄出来,我告诉他们这是一种自发性的活动,他们需要直接走到街上去拍人群,人们会很乐意在你的镜头前表演。在菲律宾这很容易实现,但若是在欧洲,欧洲人很可能不愿意这么做。

凤凰娱乐:也许这就是社会文化的差异。

曼多萨:是的,我想这就是一种优势。对菲律宾的电影人来说,这是非常棒的一件事。

中国电影曾经在菲律宾很受欢迎

凤凰娱乐:能谈谈您对中国电影的看法吗?

曼多萨:在70年代和80年代的时候,在菲律宾可以看到很多中国电影,大部分是动作喜剧片,但是现在并不多见。在90年代的时候,菲律宾电影开始受到西班牙电影和墨西哥电影的影响,现在是韩国电影,这是一个进化发展的过程。现在中国电影很少见,大部分还是来自好莱坞的电影,艺术电影并不多见,这一点全世界都很相似。

凤凰娱乐:您对这次自己的参赛影片有没有什么期待?

曼多萨:对我来说能来这种国际性的电影节展示我的作品已经比什么都重要了,进入电影节并不容易,有上千部电影被提交,能成20部被选择的电影之一已经是一种荣幸。

凤凰娱乐:我们马上就要看到您的这部电影在威尼斯首映,祝您能够获得奖项。

曼多萨:非常感谢。 

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