An indie film starring erstwhile TF queen Rosanna Roces is set to take the "flavours of Iloilo" to a new level. Wanted Border was shot partly in Iloilo and Bacolod with the leads talking in Hiligaynon - the Ilonggos melodious dialect. This dark-comedy will be shown next week in Metro Manila during a film festival for independent movies. As of now I'm worried about how it would affect my blog! - LOL. Here are some snippets taken from the PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER.
Osang as maneater
By Hazel P. VillaPhilippine Daily Inquirer, Inquirer Visayas
MIAG-AO, Iloilo — For a change, Rosanna “Osang” Roces does not bare flesh. This time, she eats it, and with gusto, in “Wanted: Border”—a dark comedy by award-winning Ilonggo director Ray Defante Gibraltar.
The film is one of five competing finalists in the 2009 Cinema One Originals Digital Movie Festival on Nov. 13-17 at Gateway Cinemas in Cubao, Quezon City.Osang, star of the 1990s-era sex-oriented flicks branded as “titillating films” (“TF”), was getting cozy with the independent film circuit after appearing in “Baklas” and “Manila,” when Defante’s script came along.
Osang plays Mama Saleng, a 60-year-old religious fanatic who owns a boarding house-cum-eatery. In her younger years, Saleng and her grandmother were accused by the townsfolk of being aswangs (nocturnal flesh eaters). Saleng meets her human counterpart in Jessie Beltran, an undercover agent whose task during the martial law years was to assassinate activists on Panay Island. What do they have in common? A thirst for blood and brutality.
The shock factor of ‘Wanted: Border’ is part of the cycle of violence. It’s in our system, we have to stop it,” said Gibraltar. On the set of the film in Miag-ao, locals ogled the modestly dressed Osang, who showed off by flawlessly delivering Hiligaynon lines, before blurting out a word best reserved for the men’s toilet.The kibitzers were taken aback for a while, then broke into laughter. >>>> Read complete article
DAMN How will my readers react to this? LOL