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Grandmother (2009)

Grandmother (2009)

Drama
Release Date: 2009, September 23
Directors: Brillante Ma Mendoza
Countries: France, Philippines
Production: Centerstage Productions, Swift Productions
Cast: Ruby Ruiz, Tanya Gomez, Tim Yap, Ketchup Eusebio, Jojit Lorenzo, Geraldine Villamil, Jhong Hilario, Tess Antonio, Karla Pambid, Anita Linda, Rustica Carpio, Ces Aldaba

Overview:

Two elderly women bear the consequences of a crime involving their respective grandsons. One is the victim, the other is the suspect. Both weak and poor, they laboriously solicit money in the midst of a storm, one for the victim's burial, the other for the suspect's bail bond.

Keywords:

intersecting lives economic struggle family tragedy legal battle community support street violence philippine cinema elderly women knife murder funeral struggle quest for justice grandmothers moral confrontation