Things
Eunice Grace V. Gatdula July 31, 2012
Abma 111 Ms. Timi Banzon
Aparisyon
by Vincent Sandoval
I can’t tell if I like this movie, or if that’s just the feminist in me talking. Before this movie, I saw Oros by Paul Sta. Asia, and Bwakaw by Jun Robles Lana. Both were very good, but after I saw this, I couldn’t talk about anything else. As sad and misleading as it may seem, Aparisyon did not contain any monsters, or ghosts, or aswangs. I was a little disappointed at that because I was expecting a horror movie at the beginning, but when you see the film you’ll understand that it did not need flashy effects or Sadakos to make your adrenaline rush. Aparisyon is about nuns who live in an isolated monastery, 1971, a year before Marcos ran the Philippines. It’s about Lourdes, a young novice who just moved into the monastery. The movie is not very word-y, it took time to show everyday life in a convent: waking up, praying, doing chores, praying, sleeping, praying. It showed how heavy life in there could be, I could actually feel myself going insane in the theatre and repeatedly telling my seat-mate “I wouldn’t last a week in there.” Because, really, will you last inside the white walls of that monastery without having anything else to stare at and without questioning anything or knowing anything of the outside world? Lourdes is warmly welcomed by the monastery’s Mother Superior, Sister Ruth, along with her right-hand, Sister Vera. She gets assigned to her own chores and lives peacefully, without question, in the monastery. Lourdes befriends Sister Remy, the monastery’s extern and eventually they are asked to do the same chore together: buying supplies from the city. That is a big task to these nuns because they are supposedly to remain inside the monastery to not be led into temptation of any kind. Secretly, Lourdes and Sister Remy help around the city and its meetings about rallies regarding Marcos. One night, the two nuns were on their
Abma 111 Ms. Timi Banzon
Aparisyon
by Vincent Sandoval
I can’t tell if I like this movie, or if that’s just the feminist in me talking. Before this movie, I saw Oros by Paul Sta. Asia, and Bwakaw by Jun Robles Lana. Both were very good, but after I saw this, I couldn’t talk about anything else. As sad and misleading as it may seem, Aparisyon did not contain any monsters, or ghosts, or aswangs. I was a little disappointed at that because I was expecting a horror movie at the beginning, but when you see the film you’ll understand that it did not need flashy effects or Sadakos to make your adrenaline rush. Aparisyon is about nuns who live in an isolated monastery, 1971, a year before Marcos ran the Philippines. It’s about Lourdes, a young novice who just moved into the monastery. The movie is not very word-y, it took time to show everyday life in a convent: waking up, praying, doing chores, praying, sleeping, praying. It showed how heavy life in there could be, I could actually feel myself going insane in the theatre and repeatedly telling my seat-mate “I wouldn’t last a week in there.” Because, really, will you last inside the white walls of that monastery without having anything else to stare at and without questioning anything or knowing anything of the outside world? Lourdes is warmly welcomed by the monastery’s Mother Superior, Sister Ruth, along with her right-hand, Sister Vera. She gets assigned to her own chores and lives peacefully, without question, in the monastery. Lourdes befriends Sister Remy, the monastery’s extern and eventually they are asked to do the same chore together: buying supplies from the city. That is a big task to these nuns because they are supposedly to remain inside the monastery to not be led into temptation of any kind. Secretly, Lourdes and Sister Remy help around the city and its meetings about rallies regarding Marcos. One night, the two nuns were on their