THE WOMAN WHO LEFT

ANG BABAENG HUMAYO

By Lav DIAZ

JERUSALEM FILM FESTIVAL - as FEST

Drama - Completed 2016


Festivals
& Awards

Toronto - TIFF 2016
Wavelengths
    • Year of production
    • 2016
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • PHILIPPINES
    • Languages
    • FILIPINO
    • Duration
    • 226 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Lav DIAZ
    • Synopsis
    • Horacia has spent the last 30 years in a women's correctional facility. A former elementary school teacher, she leads a quiet existence helping others practice reading and writing. When another inmate confesses to the original crime, Horacia is released and seeks out her estranged family. While searching for her missing son Junior, she discovers again her homeland - the Philippines of the late 90s, only to realize that its inhabitants are terrorized by corruption and rampant kidnappings. Her generous personality becomes tainted by feelings of revenge...