Season of the Devil

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Season of the Devil

2018

3h 54m

Musical

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A young and fearless doctor opens a clinic for the poor in a remote village in the Philippines but disappears without leaving clues soon after. Her husband, who is an activist poet and teacher, seeks the truth about his wife.

Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

02/22/2018

3/5

Season of the Devil has a tragic weight.

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Guy Lodge

Variety

02/21/2018

Diaz remains emphatically his own artist, whether to exhilarating or punishing effect: "Don't give in to the masses' sensibilities!" warns one of his typically catchy lyrics, and you can't say he doesn't practice what he preaches.

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Clarence Tsui

The Hollywood Reporter

02/20/2018

There's no way one could sit back and marvel comfortably at what Season of the Devil offers ─ and perhaps that's exactly Diaz's point.

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Zhuo-Ning Su

Awards Daily

10/17/2019

A form of cinematic expression so uniquely its own we probably don't have all the vocabulary to talk about it yet.

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Oggs Cruz

Rappler

07/17/2019

Diaz may be using the Martial Law as a metaphor for the country in a state of strife, but it is as obvious as day that his call to arms is for the present.

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Antonio R. Jiménez

Espinof

07/01/2019

4/5

The musical and horror go hand in hand in this impressive work of almost four hours. [Full review in Spanish]

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Synopsis

A young and fearless doctor opens a clinic for the poor in a remote village in the Philippines but disappears without leaving clues soon after. Her husband, who is an activist poet and teacher, seeks the truth about his wife.

Director: Lav Diaz
Screenwriter: Lav Diaz
Genre: Musical
Original Language: Filipino
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 7, 2019
Runtime: 3h 54m