Given enough time, distance, and/or misinformation, most any historical event can be forgotten. But one person who refuses to forget is award-winning filmmaker Joel Lamangan with his latest film Oras de Peligro. EDSA37 | via philstarlife
at the premiere, Lamangan stated that he generally doesn’t do political films as they are rarely produced by mainstream producers. This time, he shared that he was lucky to find collaborators in the form of newly-minted producers Atty. Howie Calleja and Alvi Sionco, who were interested in telling an inherently political story that steered clear of melodrama or embellishment.
The film opens on the eve of People Power; following two decades of continuous rule, President Marcos has won his latest bid for reelection. Despite widespread accusations of cheating, the loyalty of the Armed Forces and the Philippine Constabulary’s dreaded Metropolitan Command ensures that the dictator isn’t going anywhere soon.
Hardworking jeepney driver Dario and his wife, Beatriz are trying to put their two children through school, advising them to steer clear of the Metrocom, who are cracking down on suspected dissenters. When Dario is slain in broad daylight by Metrocom officers after he tried to stop a holdup gone wrong, Beatriz and the remaining family are forced to contend with a system specifically designed to keep them in check.
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