Award-winning director Brillante Mendoza brings us a moving film that effortlessly combines drama, action and animation.
Mindanao is a big and mountainous island in Southern Philippines and its people and their destinies are the focus of this film. Saima takes care of her sick child while her husband Malang is away in a conflict zone working as a medic. In between all this we see an animation about two brave brothers fighting a dragon – this is the bedtime story Saima and Malang tell their child.
Yes, this is an emotional film and can be difficult to watch at times, but it’s uplifting too and Mindanao is a destination worth taking.
Liisi Rohumäe
Mindanao
Mindanao
Genre
Drama, Animation, War
Director
Brillante Mendoza
Run time
2h 3min
Genre
Drama, Animation, War
Director
Brillante Mendoza
Run time
2h 3min
Award-winning director Brillante Mendoza brings us a moving film that effortlessly combines drama, action and animation.
Mindanao is a big and mountainous island in Southern Philippines and its people and their destinies are the focus of this film. Saima takes care of her sick child while her husband Malang is away in a conflict zone working as a medic. In between all this we see an animation about two brave brothers fighting a dragon – this is the bedtime story Saima and Malang tell their child.
Yes, this is an emotional film and can be difficult to watch at times, but it’s uplifting too and Mindanao is a destination worth taking.
Liisi Rohumäe
Mindanao is a big and mountainous island in Southern Philippines and its people and their destinies are the focus of this film. Saima takes care of her sick child while her husband Malang is away in a conflict zone working as a medic. In between all this we see an animation about two brave brothers fighting a dragon – this is the bedtime story Saima and Malang tell their child.
Yes, this is an emotional film and can be difficult to watch at times, but it’s uplifting too and Mindanao is a destination worth taking.
Liisi Rohumäe
Info
Rating
(none)
Production year
2019
Global distributor
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Local distributor
Pimedate Ööde Filmifestival MTÜ
In cinema
11/15/2019