Grandmother
Lola
2009 · 1h 50m · Drama · Philippines, France
Two elderly women bear the consequences of a crime involving their respective grandsons. One is the victim, the other is the suspect. Both weak and poor, they laboriously solicit money in the midst of a storm, one for the victim's burial, the other for the suspect's bail bond.
Directed by
Brillante Ma MendozaWritten by
Linda Casimiro6.2Smart score
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Rakuten TV: available in 3 countries
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Rent or buy · 2Ireland, United Kingdom
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bureaucratic mazecommunity supporteconomic struggleelderly womenfamily tragedyfuneral strugglegrandmothersintersecting livesknife murderlegal battlemoral confrontationphilippine cinemapublic institutionsquest for justicestreet violencevictim’s family
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