From What Is Before

Name: From What Is Before
Director: Lav Diaz
Genre: Drama
Released: 2014-07-03
Duration: 5 h 45 min
Rating: 7.9
Cast: Perry Dizon, Roeder Camañag, Hazel Orencio, Karenina Haniel, Reynan Abcede

“Memories of cataclysm.”

2014

5h 45m

Drama

Director: Lav Diaz

Writer: Lav Diaz

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Overview

The Philippines, 1972. Mysterious things are happening in a remote barrio. Wails are heard from the forest, cows are hacked to death, a man is found bleeding to death at the crossroad, and houses are burned. Ferdinand E. Marcos announces Proclamation No. 1081, putting the entire country under Martial Law.