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From Adela. 2008. The Philippines. Directed and co-written by Adlofo Alix Jr.
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Wednesday Oct 14, 2009 (7pm)
Thursday Oct 15, 2009 (4pm)
Friday Oct 16, 2009 (7pm)
Saturday Oct 17, 2009 (7:30pm)
Sunday Oct 18, 2009 (5pm)
Monday Oct 19, 2009 (4:30pm)
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Free with museum admission. Film-only tickets: adults $10; seniors $8; members and children under 16 are free; member friends $5. Please visit our website for more details.
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Part of MoMA's ContemporAsian film series
Watch the film trailer
To celebrate her eightieth birthday, Adela wants nothing more than a meal with her children and family. But as the widow goes about her day preparing and shopping—often stopping to help out her fellow slum-dwellers—the interminable wait for the celebration starts to seem futile. In a stylistic break from today’s characteristically energetic, fast-moving Filipino cinema, Alix trains his camera on veteran Filipino actress Linda in long takes, with profound and moving results. The film is a tribute both to the quiet dignity and indomitable spirit of its titular character, and to the actress whose compelling, poignant performance inflects every scene.
Adela. 2008. Philippines. Directed by Adolfo Alix Jr. Screenplay by Alix, Nick Olanka. With Anita Linda, Jason Abalos, Joem Bascon. In Tagalog; English subtitles. 88 min.
About ContemporAsian film series:
Asian cinema is fast becoming a cinema without borders. Digital filmmaking and international coproductions are rapidly transforming an industry in which the transnational flow of talent and resources, even between the U.S. and Asia, has become the norm. In the monthly exhibition ContemporAsian, MoMA showcases films that get little exposure outside of their home countries or on the international festival circuit, but which engage the various styles, histories, and changes in Asian cinema. Presented in special weeklong engagements, the films in the series include recent independent gems by both new and established filmmakers whose work represent the rapidly transforming visual culture of the region. Not only are audiences given the rare chance to enjoy these undistributed films on the big screen—they also experience the diversity and richness of Asian cinema in all its many forms.
