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Verdict review - social realism and court procedural combine in powerful Manila drama
Domestic abuse and legal turmoil in Raymund Ribay Gutierrez’s Venice prize-winning debut
by Tom BirchenoughSaturday, 13 March 2021
Max Eigenmann: Her face speaks powerfully in its silent pain, one nevertheless coupled with a sense of endurance
There’s something of an anomaly in Filipino director Raymund Ribay Gutierrez’s debut feature between its fast-moving dramatic opening, defined by an agile hand-held camera, and the much slower, more static scenes that follow.