Evolution of a Filipino Family

2004 Filipino film

September 17, 2004 (2004-September-17) (Toronto International Film Festival)

Running time

624 minutesCountryPhilippinesLanguageTagalog

Evolution of a Filipino Family (Tagalog: Ebolusyon ng Isang Pamilyang Pilipino) is a Filipino film co-produced, edited, written and directed by Lav Diaz. At 624 minutes (10 hours and 24 minutes),^[1] it is among the longest films ever made. It earned Diaz international critical acclaim and is noted for introducing many of Diaz' cinematic trademarks.^[2] The film won Best Picture and Best Production Design at the Gawad Urian.

Plot

Variety described the film: "Lav Diaz’s Evolution of a Filipino Family patiently and methodically observes the collapse and hopeful revival of a poor farming clan, meant to symbolize a nation’s history spanning 1971 to 1987,"^[3] during and immediately after the authoritarian rule of Ferdinand Marcos.^[3]^[4]

Cast

Elryan de Vera as Raynaldo
Angie Ferro as Puring
Pen Medina as Kadyo
Marife Necesito as Hilda
Ronnie Lazaro as Fernando
Lui Manansala as Marya
Banaue Miclat as Huling
Sigrid Andrea Bernardo as Ana
Joel Torre as the Mayor
Angel Aquino as Rica
Rey Ventura as Ka Harim
Dido dela Paz as Dakila
Roeder as Bendo
Lorelie Futol as Martina
Erwin Gonzales as Carlos
Mario Magallona as Danny
Gino Dormiendo as Lino Brocka

Accolades

22nd Gawad Pasado^[5]

Best Picture (Tied with The Call of the River)
Best Screenplay
Best Production Design
Best Film of the Decade

References

^ Evolution of a Filipino Family (2004) - IMDb, retrieved December 9, 2020
^ "Evolution of a Filipino Family". Harvard Film Archive. Retrieved August 29, 2021.
^ ^a ^b Koehler, Robert (September 29, 2004). "Evolution of a Filipino Family". Variety. Retrieved February 24, 2020.
^ Guarneri, Michael (October 8, 2016). "Long Story Long: An Introduction to Lav Diaz's "Free Cinema"". MUBI. Retrieved August 29, 2021.
^ Ebolusyon ng isang pamilyang Pilipino - IMDb, retrieved December 9, 2020