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Liway
Liway is a 2018 Filipino independent film about the experiences of Dakip, a young boy growing up in prison as the son of anti-Marcos dissident Cecilia Flores-Oebanda, better known as Commander Liway and referred to in the film by the vernacular endearment "Day", during the waning days of the Marcos dictatorship. The film was written and directed by Kip Oebanda and based on true events, with Glaiza de Castro playing the film's major lead.
The film was released on August 3, 2018, as part of the 14th Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival, where it received a special jury commendation and the audience choice award in the full-length feature film category.
During its run, the film was noted for bringing out strong emotional responses or reactions from its audiences. During its Cinemalaya screenings, filmgoers often spontaneously applauded the film during the end credits. In some instances, viewers chanted protest songs used in the film that originated during the Marcos era.
Along with Benedict Mique's ML, it was one of the two Cinemalaya 2018 films about martial law, continuing the tradition of 2017's Respeto in light of the 2016 burial of Ferdinand Marcos and the prominence of his wife Imelda Marcos and his children, Bongbong Marcos and Imee Marcos, in Philippine politics.
Based on a true story and set in the waning days of the Marcos dictatorship, Liway is told from the point of view of Dakip, a boy living in a prison camp housing both criminals and members of the New People's Army. Even as conditions in the camp become progressively more difficult, his mother tries her best to shield him from the trauma of a political prisoner's life and to give him a normal life, telling him stories based on Philippine mythology and folklore. One of these stories is about Liway, the guardian diwata of Mount Kanlaon, a fictionalized version of her own story in the resistance against the Marcos dictatorship. As the dictatorship becomes more unstable and their lives become more uncertain, Dakip's mother has to weigh his best interests against the prospect of never seeing each other again.
In a Reddit AMA before the film's release, Kip Oebanda said that he sought out de Castro for the role, not knowing whether he would be lucky enough to get such a high-profile actress. Describing why he specifically thought de Castro was suited to the role, he remarked: " ...She has both the vulnerability and strength required by the character. Someone who is gentle and kind but is handed a very difficult lot in life, and found strength and hope. I wanted to have an empowered and empowering female character, which is what Commander Liway is in real life. And Glaiza manages that perfectly."
Director Kip Oebanda says that Liway took seven months to write, which made it more difficult because so much of the story was personal to him. To ensure the story was "more universal" and less specific to a single person's perspective, he worked with co-writer Zig Dulay, who could be more detached from all the emotions Oebanda associated with the story.
Oebanda was aware that the film's events would be perceived as politically sensitive, because the adult protagonists in the story were part of the New People's Army. In an interview with CNN Philippines, he remarked:
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Liway
Liway is a 2018 Filipino independent film about the experiences of Dakip, a young boy growing up in prison as the son of anti-Marcos dissident Cecilia Flores-Oebanda, better known as Commander Liway and referred to in the film by the vernacular endearment "Day", during the waning days of the Marcos dictatorship. The film was written and directed by Kip Oebanda and based on true events, with Glaiza de Castro playing the film's major lead.
The film was released on August 3, 2018, as part of the 14th Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival, where it received a special jury commendation and the audience choice award in the full-length feature film category.
During its run, the film was noted for bringing out strong emotional responses or reactions from its audiences. During its Cinemalaya screenings, filmgoers often spontaneously applauded the film during the end credits. In some instances, viewers chanted protest songs used in the film that originated during the Marcos era.
Along with Benedict Mique's ML, it was one of the two Cinemalaya 2018 films about martial law, continuing the tradition of 2017's Respeto in light of the 2016 burial of Ferdinand Marcos and the prominence of his wife Imelda Marcos and his children, Bongbong Marcos and Imee Marcos, in Philippine politics.
Based on a true story and set in the waning days of the Marcos dictatorship, Liway is told from the point of view of Dakip, a boy living in a prison camp housing both criminals and members of the New People's Army. Even as conditions in the camp become progressively more difficult, his mother tries her best to shield him from the trauma of a political prisoner's life and to give him a normal life, telling him stories based on Philippine mythology and folklore. One of these stories is about Liway, the guardian diwata of Mount Kanlaon, a fictionalized version of her own story in the resistance against the Marcos dictatorship. As the dictatorship becomes more unstable and their lives become more uncertain, Dakip's mother has to weigh his best interests against the prospect of never seeing each other again.
In a Reddit AMA before the film's release, Kip Oebanda said that he sought out de Castro for the role, not knowing whether he would be lucky enough to get such a high-profile actress. Describing why he specifically thought de Castro was suited to the role, he remarked: " ...She has both the vulnerability and strength required by the character. Someone who is gentle and kind but is handed a very difficult lot in life, and found strength and hope. I wanted to have an empowered and empowering female character, which is what Commander Liway is in real life. And Glaiza manages that perfectly."
Director Kip Oebanda says that Liway took seven months to write, which made it more difficult because so much of the story was personal to him. To ensure the story was "more universal" and less specific to a single person's perspective, he worked with co-writer Zig Dulay, who could be more detached from all the emotions Oebanda associated with the story.
Oebanda was aware that the film's events would be perceived as politically sensitive, because the adult protagonists in the story were part of the New People's Army. In an interview with CNN Philippines, he remarked: