ANG PANAHON NG HALIMAW (SEASON OF THE DEVIL)  

President Marcos brutally ruled the Philippines under martial law in the 1970s. In this film, he is easily recognisable as the fictional character of demonic Narciso. Narciso’s militia suppresses the country, including the remote village where Lorena wants to build a hospital for the poor. When the physician disappears, her husband, poet Hugo, does everything he can to find her. It’s not an unusual approach for Lav Diaz, but here the director dares to do something quite unique: the dialogues consist of 30 self-written songs, performed in eerie a cappella singing.