Illusion (2005)
Gênero : Drama
Runtime : 1H 40M
Director : Ellen Ramos, Paolo Villaluna
Escritor : Jon Red, Paolo Villaluna
Sinopse
Set in Philippine post-American colonialist era, where the American influence was still apparent, Ilusyon tells the story of Miguel, a young man from the countryside, who decides to visit his father, Pablo, a Modernist painter in Manila. Upon his arrival, he discovers that his father has decided to leave for the province but he opted to stay in Manila for a vacation. One day, he meets Stella, a nude model originally scheduled to pose for Miguel's father. Struck by her beauty, Miguel does the unthinkable - he pretends to be his father the painter. Developing a relationship based on a lie, things turn for the worse as Stella begets a strange skin disease that turns off Miguel. Surrounded by strange characters - a talking cow, a talkative mailman and a nosy landlady - Miguel is driven into a frenzy realization about beauty, lust, love and being true to oneself. An ambiguous ending underlines the surreal tone of the film.
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For no apparent reason, a mute young woman assaults a youth who delivers water on his bicycle, injuring him and ruining his bike. Surprisingly, she asks him to feed her fish while she is in custody. Her tiny apartment, he discovers, is a shrine to his favorite escape, the movies.
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Lexie tem orgulho de ter um jornal na escola, onde escreve fofocas. Um de seus artigos sobre o envolvimento entre dois professores é publicado em um jornal de grande circulação e um dos envolvidos desaparece. Ela decide solucionar o mistério.
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