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导演：Khavn
语言：英语/菲律宾语/西班牙语/Visayan
地区:菲律宾
编剧：卡文
类型：喜剧
上映时间：2005
别名：TheFamilyThatEatsSoil
用户标签：菲律宾,cult,实验,Khavn,超现实,菲律賓,2005,2000s
片长：75分钟
imdb编号：tt0758035
fromInternationalFilmFestivalofRotterdamwebsite:
Notfreeofviolenceandsex.Andnorisitfreeofmadness,becausewhereelsewouldyoufindafamilythatsitsdowntoamealofsoilthreetimesaday?No,noteveninthePhilippines.Butthat'swhatitallcomesdownto.
Khavnisaveryoutspokenexperimentalfilmmakerwithaprolificrateofproductionandanuninhibitedlusttoinvestigateandcrossallfrontiers.Thisfilmalsodisplayscleartracesoffuriousimprovisationsandanonchalantprovocativemanner.InFilipinosociety,thefamilyisholy,liketheearth,becausethesocietyisbasicallystillagrarian.InthebizarreandsurrealisticworldofTheFamilyThatEatsSoil,astrangeanddysfunctionalfamilysitsdownthreetimesadaytoamealofsoil.Outsidethemealtimes,theindividualfamilymembersexperienceextravagantadventures.Asummaryofseveralcharactersistelling:Babyescapesfromhiscribtoacockfightingarena,Sisterisanymphomaniacprostitute,Brotherbeatssomeone'sskullin,Fatherhasmixedupapotionofpoisonthathewantstogivechildreninhospital,MotherisacleverdrugdealerandmediapersonalityandGrandpaisreallyalreadydead.Thisabsurdistdemonstrationofinsanityandsplutteringviolenceisclearlyrelatedtothetraditionofunderground,splatter,goreandcult,butthereismoretoitforthedirector.Forinstance,he'sinterestedintacklingtheissueofubiquitousviolenceinthehistoryofthePhilippinesthatinfactcontinuesintothepresentday.Inthisfilm,alltraditionalvaluesareturnedupsidedownandsentinthewrongdirection.Andwithverve.