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Kinatay

Play trailer Poster for Kinatay 2009,  1h 50m,  Crime/ Drama/ Mystery & Thriller Play Trailer Watchlist
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A young man needing cash takes a job that pays well, not realizing that he has to kill a woman.
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Chris Chang Film Comment Magazine Jun 17, 2013
Wild sound, aided by the spot-on punctuation of the score, turns the two-dimensional, often murky rectangle of the theater screen into a seemingly boundless, infinitely dangerous void space. Call it four dimensions of terror. Go to Full Review
Sukhdev Sandhu Daily Telegraph (UK) May 17, 2009
4/5
Frankly, most people will find Kinatay either unremittingly tedious, harrowing or vile. Possibly all three. Mendoza is no gore-hound. He's more serious than Noe. This is a fiercely moral and horribly unforgettable denunciation of societal corruption. Go to Full Review
Jay Weissberg Variety May 17, 2009
Mendoza strengthens his gift for describing space with inquisitive cameras, but as the helmer's star rises, his subtlety wanes, resulting in obvious statements made banal by heavy-handed ironies. Go to Full Review
Panos Kotzathanasis Asian Movie Pulse Apr 16, 2023
7.5
Despite the fact that many will find it appalling, as it seems to be the case with the critics that buried it, “Kinatay” is a brilliant film, which shows, once more, how violence can be used as a contextual medium Go to Full Review
Rene Rodriguez Miami Herald Mar 10, 2010
3/4
An exercise in experiential cinema, as well as a blistering critique of a society that drives its poorest to unimaginable acts for mere survival. Go to Full Review
Jean-François Vandeuren Panorama Jan 12, 2010
4/10
Kinatay demeure, certes, une exprience cinmatographique unique en son genre, et ce, bien des gards%u2026 Mais une exprience rate malgr tout. Go to Full Review
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Brillante Mendoza

Director

Coco Martin

Peping

Julio Diaz

Vic

Mercedes Cabral

Cecille

Maria Isabel Lopez

Madonna

John Regala

Sarge

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Movie Info

Synopsis A young man needing cash takes a job that pays well, not realizing that he has to kill a woman.
Director
Brillante Mendoza
Producer
Didier Costet, Ferdy Lapuz
Screenwriter
Armando Lao
Production Co
Centerstage Productions, Swift Productions
Genre
Crime, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
Filipino
Runtime
1h 50m
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)
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