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When the Waves Are Gone

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Lieutenant Hermes Papauran, one of the best investigators of the Philippines, is in a deep moral crossroad. As a member of the police forces, he is a first-hand witness of the murderous anti-drug campaign that his institution is implementing with dedication. The atrocities are corroding Hermes physically and spiritually, causing him a severe skin disease resulting from anxiety and guilt. As he tries to heal, a dark past haunts him and has eventually come back for a reckoning.

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Jonathan Romney Screen International Sep 12, 2022
Overall the film capitalises on the spareness to deliver a payoff that feels downright mythic in its primal charge – like Dostoevsky, Jacobean tragedy and High Noon, in one brutal cocktail. Go to Full Review Dan Callahan TheWrap Sep 5, 2022
Has enough memorable images to make it an imperfect but haunting experience. Go to Full Review Lé Baltar Rappler Jul 10, 2026
Kapag Wala Nang Mga Alon is an admission as much as it is a story of resistance against the political current – about how sorrowful our past was, our present is, and possibly even our future will be. Go to Full Review Jennie Kermode Eye for Film Mar 3, 2023
4/5
The real horror of Diaz’s film lies in its recognition of how meaningless all these conflicts are. Go to Full Review Kevin Wight The Wee Review Feb 25, 2023
4
There’s a doom-laden sense of contemporary urgency and narrative inevitability at play that give the film a temporally dislocated sense of propulsion. It’s akin to watching a car crash in slow motion. And it’s impossible to look away. Go to Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Jan 10, 2023
B
Diaz tells us nothing he hasn't already told us in his other films about the human condition. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Lav Diaz

Director

John Lloyd Cruz

Hermes Papauran

Ronnie Lazaro

Primo Macabantay

Shamaine Buencamino

Nerissa

Don Melvin Boongaling

Raffy Lerma

Trinidad Alim

Nanay

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Movie Info

Synopsis Lieutenant Hermes Papauran, one of the best investigators of the Philippines, is in a deep moral crossroad. As a member of the police forces, he is a first-hand witness of the murderous anti-drug campaign that his institution is implementing with dedication. The atrocities are corroding Hermes physically and spiritually, causing him a severe skin disease resulting from anxiety and guilt. As he tries to heal, a dark past haunts him and has eventually come back for a reckoning.
Director
Lav Diaz
Producer
Bianca Balbuena, Bradley Liew, Joaquim Sapinho, Jean-Christophe Simon
Screenwriter
Lav Diaz
Production Co
Snowglobe Films, Rosa Filmes, Films Boutique, Sine Olivia Pilipinas, Epicmedia Productions
Genre
Drama, Crime, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
Filipino
Runtime
3h 7m
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