From What Is Before

From What Is Before

Directed by	Lav Diaz
Produced by	Lav Diaz
Starring	Perry Dizon Roeder Hazel Orencio Karenina Haniel Mailes Kanapi
Cinematography	Lav Diaz
Edited by	Lav Diaz
Production company	Sine Olivia Pilipinas
Release dates	3 July 2014 (2014-07-03) (Philippines) 7 August 2014 (2014-08-07) (Locarno)
Running time	338 minutes
Country	Philippines
Language	Tagalog

From What Is Before (Tagalog: Mula sa Kung Ano ang Noon) is a 2014 Filipino drama film directed by Lav Diaz. The film follows a remote town in the Philippines during the 1970s under the Marcos dictatorship. The film had its world premiere in the Philippines on 3 July 2014, and competed at the 2014 Locarno International Film Festival where it won the main prize, the Golden Leopard.^[1]

The film also had its North American premiere at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival, under the Wavelengths section. In addition, the film had its Philippine screening for free at 21 September 2014. The film will have its U.S. premiere, as part of the World Cinema section, at the 2014 AFI Fest.

Plot

The Philippines, 1972. Mysterious things are happening in a remote barrio. Wails are heard from the forest, cows are hacked to death, a man is found bleeding to death at the crossroad and houses are burned. Ferdinand E. Marcos announces Proclamation No. 1081 putting the entire country under Martial Law.

Cast

Perry Dizon as Sito
Roeder as Tony
Hazel Orencio as Itang
Karenina Haniel as Joselina
Reynan Abcede as Hakob
Mailes Kanapi as Heding

Reception

Rotten Tomatoes, a review aggregator gives the film a rare score of 100% rating based on 5 critics.^[2]

Awards and nominations

Year	Event	Category	Recipient	Result
2014	Locarno Film Festival	Golden Leopard for Best Film	From What Is Before	Won
2015	38th Gawad Urian Awards	Best Film	From What Is Before	Won
		Best Direction	Lav Diaz	Won
		Best Screenplay		Won
		Best Editing		Won
		Best Production Design	Perry Dizon	Nominated
		Best Sound	Marc Locsin	Nominated
		Best Actress	Hazel Orencio	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actor	Roeder Camañag	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actor	Noel Sto. Domingo	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actress	Karenina Haiel	Nominated

References

↑ "Lav Diaz’s epic ‘Mula sa Kung Ano ang Noon’ wins top prize at Locarno fest". Retrieved 17 August 2014.
↑ "From What Is Before (2014)". Rotten Tomatoes.

External links

Lav Diaz filmography

Feature films

Criminal of Barrio Concepcion (1998)
Burger Boys (1999)
Naked Under the Moon (1999)
West Side Kid (2001)
Hesus, Rebolusyonaryo (2002)
Evolution of a Filipino Family (2004)
Heremias, Book One: The Legend of the Lizard Princess (2006)
Death in the Land of Encantos (2007)
Melancholia (2008)
Walang Alaala ang mga Paru-paro (segment of Visitors; 2009)
Babae ng Hangin (2011)
Elehiya sa Dumalaw mula sa Himagsikan (2011)
Century of Birthing (2011)
Florentina Hubaldo, CTE (2012)
Norte, the End of History (2013)
From What Is Before (2014)
Storm Children (2014)
A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery (2016)

Golden Leopard winning films

1940s–1950s	And Then There Were None (1946) Man About Town (1947) Germany, Year Zero (1948) The Farm of Seven Sins (1949) When Willie Comes Marching Home (1950) Hunted (1952) Julius Caesar (1953) The Composer Glinka (1953) The Glass Wall (1953) Prince Bayaya (1954) Gate of Hell (1954) Wild Fruit (1954) Rotation (1954) The Sheep Has Five Legs (1954) Carmen Jones (1955) The Emperor's Nightingale (1955) Il Grido (1957) Ten North Frederick (1958) Killer's Kiss (1959)

1960s–1970s	Il bell'Antonio (1960) Fires on the Plain (1961) The Winner (1962) Transport from Paradise (1963) Black Peter (1964) Four in the Morning (1965) Courage for Every Day (1966) Entranced Earth (1967) The Visionaries (1968) Charles, Dead or Alive (1969) Those Who Wear Glasses (1969) Three Sad Tigers (1969) No Path Through Fire (1969) Lilika (1970) Mujo (1970) Soleil O (1970) End of the Road (1970) On the Point of Death (1971) They Have Changed Their Face (1971) The Friends (1971) Private Road (1971) Znaki na drodze (1971) Bleak Moments (1972) The Illumination (1973) Tüzolto Utca 25 (1974) The Son of Amir Is Dead (1975) The Big Night (1976) Antonio Gramsci: The Days of Prison (1977) The Idlers of the Fertile Valley (1978) The Herd (1979)

1980s–1990s	To Love the Damned (1980) Chakra (1981) Adj király katonát! (1983) Stranger Than Paradise (1984) Alpine Fire (1985) Jezioro Bodenskie (1986) O Bobo (1987) Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988) Schmetterlinge (1988) Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East? (1989) Accidental Waltz (1990) Johnny Suede (1991) Autumn Moon (1992) Azghyin ushtykzyn'azaby (1993) Khomreh (1994) Raï (1995) Nénette et Boni (1996) The Mirror (1997) Mr. Zhao (1998) Skin of Man, Heart of Beast (1999)

2000s–2010s	Father (2000) Off to the Revolution by a 2CV (2001) The Longing (2002) Khamosh Pani (2003) Private (2004) Nine Lives (2005) Das Fräulein (2006) The Rebirth (2007) Parque via (2008) She, a Chinese (2009) Winter Vacation (2010) Back to Stay (2011) The Girl from Nowhere (2012) Story of My Death (2013) From What Is Before (2014) Right Now, Wrong Then (2015)

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