Tuesday, May 26, 2009

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).