Based from Leo Tolstoy’s classic “God Sees the Truth but Waits,” Ang Babaeng Humayo (english title: The Woman Who Left) tells the story of a woman named Horacia who is released from prison after being wrongfully-convicted for thirty years. She resumes her life as a charitable pillar of the community.
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Lav Diaz’s ‘Ang Babaeng Humayo’ competes at Venice Film Fest
This year’s edition of the Venice Film Festival, its seventy-third, has listed a most exciting lineup, featuring works from Francois Ozon, Wim Wenders, Derek Cianfrance, Andrei Konchalovsky, Ana Lily Amirpour, and other great filmmakers. But of course, I’m here to report on one particular film: Lav Diaz’s Ang Babaeng Humayo
Charo Santos returns to acting in Lav Diaz’s new film ‘Ang Babaeng Humayo’
Charo Santos just dropped some major news today: she had just finished filming for Lav Diaz’s new film Ang Babaeng Humayo. The nonchalance with which this bit of information is announced escapes me; I share with Richard Bolisay (who took to Twitter to share the news) a feeling of welcome