Overview
Production
Chris Martinez wrote the screenplay for the film. Marlon Rivera directed the film. Martinez and Rivera submitted the film for the "New Breed, Full Length Film" category for the 7th Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival. The festival was held from July 15th to the 24th at the Cultural Center of the Philippines.
After the mass critical success of the movie at the film festival, Star Cinema purchased the rights to release the film for a wider release. The film was released on August 3, 2011 to over 50 theaters nationwide and grossed almost 40 million pesos becoming the highest grossing Philippine independent film in history.
Synopsis
Jocelyn, Rainier, and Bingbong are three film school graduates who are dead set on making an Oscar-worthy film. They set out to do a quick pre-production as a courtesy call to their lead actress played by Eugene Domingo, and a through inspection of their film’s major location, the Payatas dumpsite. They believe they have a winning script, and the energy and drive to make their dreams come true, no matter what the cost.
Trailer
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Cast
Eugene Domingo as Mila, the Actress
JM De Guzman as Bingbong, the Producer
Kean Cipriano as Rainier, the Director
Cai Cortez as Jocelyn, the Production Manager
Mercedes Cabral
Cherry Pie Picache
Reception
Box office
The film broke box office records for the Cinemelaya Independent Film Festival. It is the first full-length film to have its audience tickets sell to its maximum capacity within ten days of showing at the festival. The film was a commercial as well as critical success. The film earned a total of P20 million on its first five days. The total gross of the film amounted to P38.4 million, making it the highest grossing independent film in the history of Philippine cinema.
International
Richard Kuipers of Variety describes The Woman in the Septic Tank as "a lively laffer." He also praises the performance of lead actors Cipriano and de Guzman, calling it "spot-on as the guys with one eye on the slums and the other on travel and trophies." Meanwhile, Maggie Lee of The Hollywood Reporter says the film is "a lambast of the pretensions of independent cinema in his country and his fellow filmmakers' inflated egos." However, she is concerned about its "specialized topic and low-budget look" that may be off-putting for some audience, which may minimize its commercial prospect internationally. She also compares how the film replays specific sequences, each with narrative or stylistic revisions, to "a Groundhog Day of pilot filmmaking."
The film is an official entry for the 2011 Vancouver International Film Festival, Pusan International Film Festival, the Hawaii International Film Festival, the Tokyo International Film Festival, and the Far East Film Festival. The film was chosen by the Film Academy of the Philippines to represent the Philippines in the Best Foreign Language Film category of the 84th Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist.
Summary
| Directed | Marlon Rivera |
|---|---|
| Produced |
Chris Martinez
Marlon Rivera
Josabeth Alonso
John Victor Tence
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| Written | Chris Martinez |
| Screenplay | Chris Martinez |
| Starring |
Eugene Domingo
JM De Guzman
Kean Cipriano
Music by
Albert Michael Idioma
Addiss Tabong
|
| Music | Vincent De Jesus |
| Cinematography | Larry Manda |
| Editing | Ike Veneracion |
| Studio | Cinemalaya
Martinez Rivera Films
Quantum Films
Straight Shooters Media, Inc.
|
| Distributed | Star Cinema |
| Release Date(s) | July 15, 2011 |
| Running Time | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Language |
Tagalog
|
| Box Office | P38.4 million |
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