CATEGORIES

CATEGORIES

HIBLANG ABO (Strands of Gray)

by Ralston Jover
88 Minutes | Drama | PG

CAST
Lou Veloso
Jun Urbano
Leo Rialp
Nanding Josef
Matt Daclan
Anna Luna
Lui Manansala
Flor Salanga
Cherry Malvar
Rommel Luna
Mike Liwag
Angela Cortez

PRODUCTION

CINEMATOGRAPHER Pipo Domagas
EDITOR Benjamin Tolentino
SOUND ENGINEER Mike Idioma
PRODUCTION DESIGNER Lars Magbanua
ART DIRECTOR Eero Francisco
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Charita Castinlag
PRODUCTION MANAGER Carlianne Lois Domingo
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER AND PRODUCER Bessie Badilla
LINE PRODUCER Martin Mayuga
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER Harlene Bautista
SCREENPLAY
Naning Estrella
Ralston Jover
DIRECTOR Ralston Jover

LOGLINE

The film speaks volumes of muted memories and infinite struggles among four men in their twilight years, confined in a hospice facility or home for the aged. Huse, the most hopeful, recalls stories of treasured friendship anchored in trust and confidence. But like a thief in the night, tragedy strikes at the oddest moment between happiness and bleakness—when all his friends succumb into insanity, a heinous act and commit the forbidden act of ending mortality. Sotero, Blas and Pedro have all left Huse, alone inside their dilapidated room. Their gray hair grow and fade unnoticed, their lives enter the void of oblivion. Everything unfolds so naturally into their swan song until their body pains and heartaches yield the same intensity, when their hearing and their feelings become permanently impaired; and when their blurry vision and memories become “clear” signs that the inevitable state of death is as fleeting as the vibrancy of life itself.

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