90 minutos
It is the time of El Niño, a season ruled by superstition and fear. The rain is long in coming, the ground has cracked up dry. The ricestalks are thin and sickly. Villagers go hungry. And a boy dies from a snakebite. The adults splinter. Some pray. Others join a cult to appease earth spirits and wait for the ada, the ricefield spirit goddess of bountiful harvest who dances naked on moonlit nights and signals the need for a virgin’s sacrifice. There are fence sitters, equally pro-church and pro-cult. A landlord’s steward enforces his master’s usury on hapless farmers. A self-righteous priest says rain must first be deserved. Two young women fight for the right to do with their bodies as they please. A bastard boy and a blind girl come of age. Yesterday, they were children.
Ara Mina
Salve
Tonton Gutierrez
Fr. Joey
Pen Medina
Terio
Ray Ventura
Encio
Jennifer Sevilla
Daling
Eva Darren
Puring
Carlo Aquino
Marlito
Patricia Ann Roque
Aning
Ronnie Lazaro
Nonong
Crispin Pineda
Kadyo
Gigi Locsin
Tasing
Zad Centina
Ado
Carol Buenaventura
Sacrificial Virgin
Ricky Pascua
Virgin's Father
Manny Mendoza
Cult High Priest
Jaime Yaneza
Cult Torch-bearer
Beto Passion
Barangay Chairman
Romeo Fidelson Jr.
Man in Sari-sari Store
Manny Rodriguez
Lope
