{"id":12665,"date":"2017-02-02T11:11:05","date_gmt":"2017-02-02T03:11:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/?p=12665"},"modified":"2017-02-02T11:11:05","modified_gmt":"2017-02-02T03:11:05","slug":"diaz-ang-babaeng-humayo-is-one-of-2016s-best-movies-british-film-institute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/2017\/02\/02\/diaz-ang-babaeng-humayo-is-one-of-2016s-best-movies-british-film-institute\/","title":{"rendered":"Diaz&#8217; &#8216;Ang Babaeng Humayo&#8217; is one of 2016&#8217;s best movies &#8211; British Film Institute"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lav Diaz\u2019 <strong><em>Ang Babaeng Humayo (The Woman Who Left) <\/em><\/strong>ranked 31<sup>st<\/sup> in the British Film Institute\u2019s Sights and Sounds Magazine\u2019s best movies for 2016. This was based on the surveys and rankings of about 163 film critics and curators from all over the world.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12667\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/02\/AngBabaengHumayo-13-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"AngBabaengHumayo-13\" width=\"585\" height=\"337\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Image grabbed\u00a0from <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.entertainment.abs-cbn.com\/tv\/updates\/5191616-ang-babaeng-humayo-hailed-at-toronto-film-fest-to-be-screened-in-philippine-cinemas-soon\">ABS-CBN<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Aside from ranking 31<sup>st<\/sup>, the Golden Lion awardee was also hailed as one of the top Asian films for 2016, together with <strong><em>Cemetery of Splendour <\/em><\/strong>and <strong><em>Under the Shadow. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Derek Malcolm, a critic from the United Kingdom, noted, \u201c<strong><em>The Woman Who Left <\/em><\/strong>is a film that lives in the memory as a moral, political, and cultural statement as well as a fine piece of filmmaking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thai Critic Kong Rithdee talked about how this particular film is a mirror of the Southeast Asian\u2019s situation. \u201cThe theme is big: humanity, guilt, crime, punishment, injustice, despair \u2013 the Filipino despair, or maybe the Southeast Asian despair, drenched in [the] sweat and blood of the common man. In this film, what moves us even more is the possibility of mercy, compassion, even grace, struggling to blossom like a flower in hell.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12668\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/02\/marosa_h_2016.jpg\" alt=\"marosa_h_2016\" width=\"590\" height=\"325\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Image grabbed from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/review\/ma-rosa-cannes-review-894808\">Hollywood Reporter<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Two other Lav Diaz films made it to the list, namely <strong><em>Hele sa Hiwagang Hapis <\/em><\/strong>and <strong><em>Ang Araw Bago ang Wakas <\/em><\/strong>which were also recognized in various international film festivals.<\/p>\n<p>Brillante Mendoza\u2019s award-winning film <strong><em>Ma\u2019 Rosa <\/em><\/strong>were also listed in French critic Jean-Michel Frodonand Canadian critic\/curator James Quandt list of best films.<\/p>\n<p>Topping the list of best films are Maren Ade\u2019s <strong><em>Toni Erdmann<\/em><\/strong>, Barry Jenkins\u2019 <strong><em>Moonlight<\/em><\/strong>, Paul Verhoeven\u2019s <strong><em>Elle<\/em><\/strong>, Kelly Reichardt\u2019s <strong><em>Certain Women<\/em><\/strong>, and Andrea Arnold\u2019s <strong><em>American Honey. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Sources: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bfi.org.uk\/best-films-2016\">British Film Institute<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/entertainment.inquirer.net\/213869\/ph-films-worlds-best-list-2016\">Inquirer.net<\/a><\/em><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lav Diaz\u2019 Ang Babaeng Humayo (The Woman Who Left) ranked 31st in the British Film Institute\u2019s Sights and Sounds Magazine\u2019s best movies for 2016. 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