“𝐓𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭. 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐓𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐲. 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐧𝐨 𝐨𝐧𝐞 e𝐥𝐬𝐞.”
A father’s seemingly harmless loving traces from Tanghalan Pilipino’s (TP) stage adaptation of the1981 drama movie “Kisapmata” that, nevertheless, disguise problems with home violence, incest and the wrestle to freedom.
I first noticed the suspense thriller movie “Kisapmata” within the late Eighties throughout my faculty days on the College of the Philippines in Diliman.
Virtually forty years later, I watched its TP’s theatrical model final weekend which coincided with the celebration of Worldwide Girls’s Day.
“Kisapmata” is a 1981 drama movie directed by Mike de Leon, written by De Leon, Clodualdo del Mundo Jr., and Raquel Villavicencio based mostly on 1968 reportage “The Home on Zapote Road” by Nationwide Artist for Literature Nick Joaquin.“Kisapmata” follows Mila’s wrestle to interrupt free from smothering grasp of his father, retired police officer Sgt. Dadong Carandang, by marrying her co-worker Noel.
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It’s the story of a tyrannical father who feels an incestuous love for his daughter and hatred for his son-in-law whereas terrorizing his meek spouse who appears on with horror on the occasions unfolding at their family.
All the pieces will get chaotic after the marriage, the place Dadong nonetheless intends the couple to stay at their residence and the couple is put into conditions that separates them.
What follows is a disturbing image of a father’s deranged try and preserve the couple away from one another and finally, to maintain Mila for himself.
It showcases a “good” Filipino household the place stress and drama of affection and concern collide inside the confines of a seemingly idyllic family.
Joaquin’s unique story was revealed in 1961 Philippines Free Press that chronicles how Ilocano police detective Pablo Cabading dedicated familicide by capturing his personal spouse, daughter, and son-in-law, earlier than blowing his brains out. He was married to the soft-spoken Anunciacion. That they had a daughter, an solely youngster named Lydia Cabading-Quitangon. On the time of the crime, she was a medical intern married to Dr. Leonardo Quitangon.
Within the movie, Mila was performed by Charo Santos, Dadong by Vic Silayan, Noel by Jay Ilagan and Dely by Charito Solis.
Within the stage adaptation, the solid embrace Jonathan Tadioan as Dadong, Lhorvie Nuevo-Tadioan as Dely, Toni Go-Yadao as Mila, and Marco Viaña as Noel. Understudies for the roles embrace Arjay Babon (Dadong), Sofia Sacaguing (Dely), Sarah Monay (Mila), and Mark Lorenz (Noel).
“Kisapmata” was first proven through the 1981 Metro Manila Movie Pageant and reaped a complete of 10 awards, together with Finest Actor, Finest Actress, Finest Image, and Finest Director.
“Kisapmata” exhibits how males are dominant over ladies within the outdated days. From the everyday picture of a home house as a logo of safety, the house turns into a illustration of risk.
The play featured movies of Martial Regulation underneath the previous dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr. as an unnerving microcosm of the Filipino society’s energy wrestle.
With acts of violence and wrongdoings achieved behind closed doorways within the Carandang residence, “Kisapmata” brings to life the shady prison acts of the Marcos regime via Dadong’s character as a downright illustration of a dictator who makes use of violence and concern to maintain everybody so as, and homicide, once they dare to face up in opposition to him.
Greater than a movie in regards to the taboo of incest, De Leon narrated in his 2022 memoir “Final Look Again” how Kisapmata is an “allegory” or a symbolic story of Filipino life underneath fascism.
He mentioned:“‘Kisapmata’ explores the idea of strongman rule as exemplified by the character of Dadong, ang Tatang, the psychotic padre de familia, rendered monstrous by the unforgettable efficiency of Vic Silayan. The daddy has incestuous relations together with his daughter—the last word corruption.
That the movie was interpreted as an allegory of the regime of Ferdinand Marcos was no coincidence, although the crime occurred in 1961. However, many parts on this allegory had been current within the unique story. The policeman was an Ilocano, and so was Marcos. He dominated with an iron fist and subjected his household to unmitigated terror, simply as Marcos did to the nation.”
“Kisapmata” (1981) in addition to “Batch ’81” (1982), and “Sister Stella L” (1984), which De Leon directed and co-wrote, captured life underneath Martial Regulation via their allegorical insinuations.
Martial Regulation was formally lifted on January 17, 1981 via Proclamation No. 2045.
Directed by Guelan Varela-Luarca, “Kisapmata” will likely be staged from March 7 to 30, 2025, on the Tanghalang Ignacio Jimenez on the Cultural Middle of the Philippines Advanced in Pasay Metropolis.
Within the phrases of TP creative director Nanding Josef, the 38th season theme “Revolt” is a reminder that one can “do a revolution or social change formation, since you love any person, your loved ones, the group, you like your nation otherwise you love God.”
“It’s a must to be extra selfless, it’s important to be extra involved with different folks via pakikipagkapwa (empathy) particularly those that have been victims of oppression or poverty.” Josef mentioned.
(Peyups is the moniker of College of the Philippines. Atty. Dennis R. Gorecho heads the seafarers’ division of the Sapalo Velez Bundang Bulilan regulation places of work. For feedback, e-mail [email protected], or name 0908-8665786.)
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