Rody Lacap

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Magikland
Cinematography
On Christmas eve, four lonely kids are chosen to save Magikland, a fantastic and magical world where all the world’s toys and games come from.
Fangs of Darkness
Cinematography
Hukbalahaps in the forests are suddenly terrorized by an "aswang" who seems to be killing them one by one.
Muro-ami
Cinematography
Fredo (Cesar Montano) is a fisherman who has endured more than his share of hardship in life; his wife and child both perished in a boating accident, and today Fredo approaches each trip to the sea with the angry determination of a man out for revenge. Fredo commands a crew of young people from poor families as he takes his rattletrap ship into the ocean in search of fish that live along the reefs, snaring catch with an illegal netting system. Not all of Fredo's youthful sailors are willing to put up with his abusive arrogance, however, and even his father Dado (Pen Medina) and close friend Botong (Jhong Hilario) have grown weary of Fredo's tirades. Fredo's body is beginning to betray him as well, and as he and his crew damage the sea's reef beds in search of fish, no one is certain how much longer he will be able to continue.
José Rizal
Cinematography
Accused of treason, Dr. Jose P. Rizal awaits trial and meets with his colonial government-appointed counsel, Luis Taviel de Andrade. The two build the case and arguments for the defense as significant events in the central figure's life prior to his incarceration unfold. Upon hearing Rizal's life story, Taviel begins to realize that the accused not just is innocent but exhibits in fact all the qualities of an extraordinary man. When the mock trial unreels, Taviel is all set to act as the prime advocate for his client as Rizal himself is about to give an earth-moving speech to defend his honor and address his countrymen. Meanwhile, the Spanish authorities have worked out the vast political machinery to ensure a guilty verdict. A revolution waits in the wings.
Maalinsangan ang Gabi
Director of Photography
In Cesar Hernando's noirish short, the uprising and UFOs are merged in a strange commentary on government control.
Lucia
Director of Photography
A strong-willed matriarch and her family leave their fishing village for Manila after an oil spill.
Aliwan Paradise
Cinematography
Mike De Leon's entry into the omnibus "Southern Winds" where he follows Julio Madiaga into the new world of Filipino Entertainment.
Dyesebel
Director of Photography
After years of hiding from a cruel, suspicious society on the land, the mermaid Dyesebel returns and falls in love with a man named Fredo. However, she becomes the target of Fredo's jealous ex girlfriend.
Fight for Us
Director of Photography
Set during the post-Marcos regime in a remote village of Dolores, chronicles the life of Jimmy Cordero, a political prisoner who have just been freed from prison after the decline of the Marcos dictatorship. From his revolutionary past, he got himself into human rights activism following his prison release. He and his wife’s brother once conducted a fact-finding mission to Dolores only to find out the terror brought about to its residents by the Orapronobis, a government backed anti-communist paramilitary troop deployed in the town of Dolores.
When Will Sin Be Washed Away?
Director of Photography
A driver sells his baby to his wealthy childless employers, causing consequences years later.
Barbi: Maid in the Philippines
Director of Photography
Bartolome del Rosario is forced to be a crossdresser when he gets wrongly accused of a crime.
Sheman: Mistress of the Universe
Cinematography
A spoof of the Filipino fantasy icon Ang Panday and He-Man and the Masters of the Universe.
I Carry the World
Director of Photography
A riches story amidst the filth and squalor of the Smokey Mountain. A scavenger among the garbage who had to carry her crippled mother on her back while begging on the steps of the Manila Cathedral. Raped by an unknown man she left her poverty laden existence and won success as a singer.
Maging Akin Ka Lamang
Cinematography
The rich and beautiful Rosita would do anything to win the love of the man she had become obsessed with. Still, neither her beauty nor all the money in the world gave her what she wanted.
Nakagapos na Puso
Cinematography
A young woman who all her life has lived under the shadow of her sister, a sister who is not only older but more assertive more intelligent and more appreciated. She knows that even with her best effort she cannot compete with her. Everything is fine with her she is after all more at peace with her kind of uncomplicated existence. But even the most submissive and most patient of people can only take so much. The day comes when she realizes that for her to live her own life she must end her meekness and learn to speak up.
I Love You Mama, I Love You Papa
Director of Photography
A divorced couple fight over their son.
Beloved
Director of Photography
A friendship turns south when one of them stole the others' fiance and then asks her to keep the relationship together.
Hinugot sa Langit
Cinematography
A woman is thinking of abortion, against her firm faith and family's wants.
Misteryo sa Tuwa
Cinematography
Abbo de la Cruz's fable tells of three men who find a suitcase full of money.
Sister Stella L.
Cinematography
A nun who acts as a counselor in a home for unwed mother undergoes political awakening when her friend and namesake belonging to the same congregation as hers inspires her to get involved in the struggle for justice and freedom of striking workers in a cooking oil company.
Batch '81
Director of Photography
Sid Lucero, a 26-year old pre-Med student is an aspiring neophyte of the Alpha Kappa Omega fraternity. Over a six-month initiation period, he and six other neophytes are subjected to severe physical and psychological torture in and outside the fraternity house.
Gold, Silver, Death
Cinematography
Oro, Plata, Mata follows two aristocratic families in Negros during World War II. It is structured in three parts: Oro a life of luxury and comfort in the city, Plata a still-luxurious time of refuge in a provincial hacienda, and finally Mata a toilsome retreat deeper into the mountains.
Kisapmata
Director of Photography
A retired police sergeant has an unnatural stranglehold over his wife and daughter. His claustrophobically enclosed world is threatened when his daughter Mila finds herself pregnant and was forced to marry Noel. He attempts to extend his influence over his son-in-law, who resists; there is a confrontation...
Playgirl
Cinematography
Mel Chionglo's directorial debut revolves around a mother and daughter who play the rules of the game in the world by selling their bodies for the desires of flesh.
Kakabakaba Ka Ba?
Cinematography
In a spoof on the contemporary sacred cons, two yuppy couples get entangled with warring smugglers of dope that include fake priests and nuns as well as Japanese and Chinese agents.
Iwahig
Cinematography
A story about a police officer whose sister and mother got killed in a robbery, and seeks revenge on the killers.
Aguila
Assistant Director of Photography
Daniel Aguila's son recounts memories of the Philippines as he searches for his father.
The Rites of May
Cinematography
During a return to his provincial home, a young man gets involved with a woman who is ultimately possessed by her sister's spirit, paving the way to revealing the painful truth about her unsolved disappearance.