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It is an epic story set during the American Occupation (1942) and the Japanese Occupation (1945), shot amidst the virgin splendor of the island province of Bohol, Philippines mostly along and around the Loboc River which plays a significant role in the story It is a mixture of action, drama, romance, and history
The film is Cesar Montano's directorial debut with an almost entirely Visayan cast, and perhaps the biggest film ever to be shot in its entirety in the Visayas The film, intended for both national and international exhibition, boldly used Visayan as the main language
It was given an A rating by the Cinema Evaluation Board or CEB of the Film Development Council of the Philippines and was CM Films' entry to the 2004 Metro Manila Film Festival The CEB described Cesar Montano's direction as meticulous but light-handed It turned a somewhat rambling and slow screenplay into a poetic, sometimes even magical, current of silent struggle and survival [5]
Panaghoy sa Suba garnered 16 awards and 11 nominations including 5 from the Metro Manila Film Festival, was also given an endorsement by the UNESCO It was named Best Picture at the International Festival of Independent Films held in Brussels, Belgium Montano was also chosen Best Director In addition, Montano also won Best Actor in Panaghoy sa Suba in the Golden Screen Awards
Panaghoy sa Suba was invited as an exhibition in the Tous les Cinemas du Monde (Movies of the World) at the Cannes Film Festival in 2005 It has also been invited for exhibition in other international film festivals in Berlin, Toronto, Tokyo, Korea and in the Czech Republic's Karlo Vary Film Festival It was shown at the Shanghai International Film Festival on June 11 to 19, 2005 - its second international screening after Cannes (World Cinema category, non-competition) Panaghoy was also shown at the New Delhi's Asian Festival of Asian Cinema on July 15 to 24, 2005
Cesar Montano
