Anino (2000) Reviews

Raymond Red received the first ever Cannes Palme D'Or award for a Filipino in 2000 Cannes Film Festival for his short film "ANINO" (Shadows) starring Ronnie Lazaro.

In Manila, a solitary man from a far-away province lives in poverty. The only thing he has is a camera, and he stays at churches hoping people will hire him to take their photographs. During one day, he has three encounters that change his life: the first, with a smooth-talking young man who's standing by the church door who berates him for wasting his life in church, the second with a boy who offers to take his picture, and the third with a Mercedes-driving man who's been stuck in traffic and has no patience left. Is there any deliverance from the soullessness of the city?
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