May Day Eve

The "May Day Eve" is a short story written by Famous Filipino National Artist Nick Joaquin. Together with Joaquin's other stories like The Mass of St. Sylvester, Doña Jeronima and Candido’s Apocalypse, May Day Eve utilized the theme of "magic realism" long before the genre was made a trend in Latin American novels. The major characters in May Day Eve are Badoy, Agueda, Anastasia,Agueda's daughter, and Voltaire (Badoy's grandson). Agueda and Badoy have different personalities. Agueda was described to be a bold, liberated, and a non-conformist young woman who was “ahead of her time”. The plot of the storty begun As Don Badoy Montoya visited his old home at Intramuros, Manila, memories of his youth came back and ended the tragedy of the story is Badoy’s heart forgot how he loved Agueda in the past. They were not able to mend their broken marriage because their love was a “raging passion and nothing more”.. The Tanghalang Ateneo of the Ateneo de Manila, under the direction of Alberto S. Florentino, also adapted Joaquin's May Day Eve.

Philippine Literatures

Here are the list of Famous Philippine Literatures:

"Literature and Society" (1940) by Salvador P. López; "The Wound and the Scar" (1937) by Arturo Rotor, a collection of stories; Zoilo Galang’s A Child of Sorrow (1921), the first Filipino novel in English, and Box of Ashes and Other Stories (1925), the first collection of stories in book form; Filipino Poetry (1924) by Rodolfo Dato; Poems (1940) by Angela Manalang-Gloria; "Winds of April" (1940) by N. V. M. Gonzalez; Villa’s Footnote to Youth: Tales of the Philippines and Others (1933); Chorus for America: Six Philippine Poets (1942) by Carlos Bulosan; Jose Garcia Villa’s Many Voices (1939) and Poems of Doveglion (1941); "His Native Soil" (1941) by Juan C. Laya; "The Wound and the Scar" (1937) by Arturo Rotor, a collection of stories; Noli Me Tangere; Florante at Laura; Ibong Adarna; Dekada '70; Sampaguitas, poesias varias; Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas; Hinilawod; A lo largo del camino; Perfil de cresta and Bantugan.

Kinatay

Kinatay is an upcoming Filipino drama film directed by Brillante Mendoza. The film competed in the main competition at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival.

Kinatay won the Prix de la Mise en Scene - Best Director through Brillante Mendoza at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival.

The casts of Kinatay are Mercedes Cabral, Maria Isabel Lopez, Coco Martin, Lauren Novero and John Regala.

Kinatay tells the grisly fate of a kidnap-rape victim (played by Maria Isabel Lopez) who is beaten up before she is murdered and hacked to pieces.

Twenty films competed for the highest honor of Cannes, the Palme d'Or (Golden Palm Award). The prestigious award went to Austrian director Michael Haneke for Das Weisse Band (The White Ribbon) while the Grand Prix award was given to French filmmaker Jacques Audiard for Un Prophete (A Prophet).

Desperadas 2

Desperadas 2 (All they need is MORE love) is a 2009 Filipino film, which is an official entry to the 2008 Metro Manila Film Festival. It was released last December 25, 2008. It is a sequel of the movie of the same name, which has an original cast consisting of Ruffa Gutierrez, Rufa Mae Quinto, Iza Calzado, and Marian Rivera. This year, Ogie Alcasid is added to the main cast.

The movie grossed P12 million on Christmas Day. As of December 31, 2008, the movie has grossed P27 million.

Mariang Sinukuan (Dyosa)

Sinukuan or SINyang, KUnnie, and ANing is a fictional character in Dyosa series, a telefantasya being aired by ABS-CBN Network portrayed by Filipino actress Mickey Ferriols. Sinukuan is the mother of Dyosa.

Mariang Sinukuan is supposed to be the next queen of Kabanwa. However, a curse separates her from her daughter: Josephine. Sinukuan was turned into a unicorn after she betrayed her father. She was turned back to normal after she gave birth to Josephine. Sinukuan doesn't know her daughter is actually Josephine until she finds out about her is her daughter that she has been searching for the "Takda".