Another rousing review from the Philippine Daily Inquirer: Filmed in ethereal color and yet imbued with a spine-chilling atmosphere, Percival Intalan’ Dementia successfully thrusts the viewers into the dark, racking realm of paranoia… Dementia is heart-wrenching poetry in picture. Its visual verses beguile the senses to absorb the character’s prosaic state, rhymed with its aural rhythms lulling the terror that looms ahead... Of course, the sterling performance of Nora Aunor never disappoints. Her personal tragedy serves as the leverage in which the diabolical mood of the film lies. Even with only few dialogues, her deep visage projects the whole tapestry of her dim, fragile mind. At many instances, she effortlessly gesticulates Mara’s leanings and dispositions. Her abysmal eyes boldly shout her soul’s remorse, solitude, fear and throes altogether, especially on one particular scene at the cemetery... With a baffling twist at the end, the film inadvertently posits itself as a subtle looking glass, where one can look through a person’s troubled brain… (Read the full review by clicking the photo below)
Posted on: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 08:32:01 +0000
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