Fall Guy

Joel Lamangnam / Philippines

Screening

Betevé

04-11-2022, 18:00 h.

Film Information

Year: 2022

Duration: 107'

Language: VOSC

Genre: Drama

Synopsis

Julius joins Fonzy’s gang and becomes his servant. One night he takes him to a party, where Fonzy and his friends gang rape Jenie, who is his partner, without him being able to do anything about it. They abuse her one after the other until they brutally kill her. To make matters worse, in a desperate attempt to escape criminal responsibility for what they have done, the group of friends do not hesitate to use Julius as their scapegoat. 

Director

The multi-award winning Filipino director Joel C. Lamangan (1952, Philippines) studied film and theatre in the Philippines and abroad. He was an actor and director for theatre and television, until he started acting for film and was able to make his directorial debut in 1991 with Darna. Among his most notable films are: The Flor Contemplacion Story (1995), for which he won the Golden Pyramid Award at the Cairo Film Festival in 1995, Pusong Mamon (1998), Deathrow (2000), Hubog (2001), Huling Birhen sa Lupa (2003), Blue Moon (2006) and Deadline (2011). In 2014, her feature film Hustisya won the Best Actress Award and the Netpac Award at the Philippine independent film festival Cinemalaya.   

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