Wednesday, May 23, 2007 'Haw-Ang' to premiere in Cinemanila filmfest
"Haw-Ang" is set to premiere in July during the Cinemalaya Film Festival. A special advanced screening will be held this week.
"Haw-Ang"(English Title: Before Harvest) is about Sister Adel, a light-hearted, young nun who embarks on a journey to a village in Ifugao whose indigenous people are as hard to reach as its pristine mountains. She meets Dacmay, a seven-year-old rowdy girl who understands much about the farming life of their tiny town, but not about her own mother who appears faceless in her dreams.
Sister Adel has only intended to teach catechism and eventually build a schoolhouse, but when the slow spirit of the village changes drastically upon her arrival, she will make a big difference in the little lives of its people, especially Dacmay. And at the same time, Sister Adel will finally discover her real mission in life.
This is a poignant story of friendship and love, transcending ages, cultures, and beliefs. A tale that is at times comic and inevitably tragic, this is a film about being a woman, and more importantly, being human.
It all begins in the time of preparing rice paddies for planting, in that season of hopes and dreams called "haw-ang."
