Story
The world between globalized clan and doll’s house, a playful portrait of a shy girl. Yael is often alone: her father works abroad, her mother till late in the evening. But the eight-year old prefers her own company anyway and communicates with the rest of the world only indirectly: by letter, phone or the cassettes her father sends. By allowing herself to concentrate on Yael’s dreamlike view of life, Shireen Seno has created a magical film at eye level with her main protagonist and at the same time a subjective eye-witness account of the turbulent years in 1980s Manila.
Director
SHIREEN SENO (*1983) studied architecture and film sciences in Toronto. She works as a director and curator Quezon City (Philippines). Nervous Translation is her second feature film.Trailer
Info
Nervous Translation
Fiction Feature
Filipino
Asia Express//FF2018
Philippines
2018
91 min
OV with English subtitles
Shireen Seno
Shireen Seno
Jana Agoncillo, Angge Santos, Sid Lucero, Cocoy Lumbao
John Torres
Albert Banzon, Jippy Pascua, Dennese Victoria
John Torres, Shireen Seno
Itos Ledesma
Leeroy New
Reel Suspects
Los Otros
Alberto Alvarez Aguilera, Reel Suspects: a@reelsuspects.com