From What Is Before

Name: From What Is Before
Director: Lav Diaz
Released: 2014-07-03
Duration: 345 min
Rating: 7.9
Cast: Perry Dizon, Roeder Camanag, Hazel Orencio, Karenina Haniel, Reynan Abcede

7.9

July 3, 2014

5h 45m

Drama

"Memories of cataclysm."

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.