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The film made its international debut in August 2019 at the 76th Venice Film Festival. She also recalled the time that she was sent to a psychiatric hospital in New York when ' was on the verge of a mental breakdown' because 'it came to a point that could not take politics.' Greenfield was also able to interview Ferdinand's grandson and Bongbong's son, Sandro, who was quoted as saying ' wanted to do physics, maths, biology, but my grandfather was like 'There's no money in that so switch to politics.'' how she later turned an inhabited island in Palawan into a safari after seeing the wildlife in Africa, and how she dealt with the public as the wife of a government official. The Kingmaker features American filmmaker Lauren Greenfield's interviews with Imelda Marcos, who herself narrated how she met the late Ferdinand Marcos.

#Martial law movie movie#

It's really just, how do you find and keep yourself resilient and hopeful even in a situation when you're in prison with your child?'Īwards: Audience Award, Special Jury Commendation, and Special Jury Prize at Cinemalaya 2018 Best Actress (Glaiza De Castro), Best Screenplay (Kip Oebanda and Zig Dulay), and Best Editing (Chuck Gutierrez) at the 2019 FAP Awards Movie Child Performer of the Year (Kenken Nuyad) at the 2019 Star Awards In a 2018 interview with CNN Philippines, Oebanda said about the film: 'Some of the people from the left are asking me, 'Is this about the struggle? Is it about the NPA?’ In parts it is, but that is a context of where this family came from more than it the actual story. Just how true is this Cinemalaya film? The Filipino director and co-writer, Dakip 'Kip' Oebanda, is the son of Commander Liway and he spent his childhood years in prison after his mother was caught by the military while she was eight months pregnant with him. The titular role is played by Glaiza de Castro, who won the Film Academy of the Philippines Award for Best Actress in 2019. Liway is based on the real-life story of Cecilia Flores-Oebanda, better known as Commander Liway of the New People Army, during the thick of Ferdinand Marcos' dictatorship.