CONTRA MUNDUM(Defy the World): ANG LARAWAN, The Musical (Parental Guidance)
From Google images For non-Filipino speakers, there are English Subtitles # contramundum # defytheworld # showlarawansomelove The 1965 movie was in full English with some Spanish and it left a deep mark in my heart. Even if I was never deprived of love lives through the years, right now, I am over the hill and considered a spinster by a lot of condescending and "caring" people alike, so I really found Tony Javier's character deplorable. In the musical movie that almost was not shown during the Metro Manila Film Festival 2017 even if it was critically acclaimed elsewhere, Tony Javier is still an a-hole, and that same a-hole was personified by Paulo Avelino. The Late National Artist Rolando S. Tinio's Screenplay makes the audience feel that every scene is real, so what if a character breaks into song once in a while? There were funny and witty lines too. Even if it was faithful to the National Artist, Nick Joaquin's origi...