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Essential Truths of the Lake

2023 3h 45m Drama List
Reviews When asked what drives a man to search for the truth, Lieutenant Papauran says dejectedly that maybe he just wants to keep inflicting pain on himself. Faced with President Duterte's bloody murders and brazen lies, he continues his struggle to solve a fifteen-year-old case around an ash-laden landscape and an impenetrable lake. It has become a cross he can barely carry but keeps dragging it anyway. Read More Read Less

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Peter Debruge Variety Handled differently, the film might have gotten under our skin — another obsessive unsolved-mystery movie, à la “Memories of Murder” or “Zodiac.” The trouble is, Hermes cares about his case, but we don’t. Aug 15, 2023 Full Review Daniel Gorman In Review Online Essential Truths of the Lake, like all of Diaz’s films, approaches the avant-garde simply by eliminating the extraneous... It all flows together, a slipstream of shared experiences. Apr 5, 2024 Full Review Read all reviews

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Synopsis When asked what drives a man to search for the truth, Lieutenant Papauran says dejectedly that maybe he just wants to keep inflicting pain on himself. Faced with President Duterte's bloody murders and brazen lies, he continues his struggle to solve a fifteen-year-old case around an ash-laden landscape and an impenetrable lake. It has become a cross he can barely carry but keeps dragging it anyway.
Director
Lav Diaz
Screenwriter
Lav Diaz
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Tagalog
Runtime
3h 45m