The Woman Who Left
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| Filipino | Ang Babaeng Humayo |
| Directed by | Lav Diaz |
| Produced by | Lav Diaz |
| Written by | Lav Diaz |
| Starring | Charo Santos-Concio |
| Cinematography | Lav Diaz |
| Edited by | Lav Diaz |
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Cinema One Originals
Sine Olivia Pilipinas |
| Distributed by | Star Cinema |
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Running time
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226 minutes |
| Country | Philippines |
| Language | Filipino |
The Woman Who Left (Filipino: Ang Babaeng Humayo) is a 2016 Philippine drama film directed by Lav Diaz. It was selected to compete in the main competition section at the 73rd Venice International Film Festival where it won the Golden Lion. This was the first film of Charo Santos-Concio who returned to acting after she stepped down as President and CEO of ABS-CBN Corporation.
Horacia Somorostro (Charo Santos-Concio) was released in 1997 after being imprisoned for a crime she did not commit. Although Somorostro reunites with her daughter, she learns that her husband is now deceased and her son is missing. She realized that a thing remains unchanged - the power and privilege of the elite. This belief is cemented when Somorostro later found out that her former rich lover, Rodrigo Trinidad was the one who framed her for a crime. She learns that Trinidad is forced to stay within his house like his friends due to kidnapping incidents targeting the rich. To the ruling class, the kidnappings are the most serious problem in the country's history. Somorostro begins to plot her revenge amidst the crisis.
The Woman Who Left was directed by Lav Diaz, who was also the film's editor and cinematographer. It was produced by Sine Olivia and Cinema One Originals with the latter's head Ronald Arguelles being the film's executive producer. According to Diaz the film was made not for a film festival. The film was planned to have a duration of four hours and by June 2016, the film was already in the editing process.
The film was primarily shot in Calapan, Oriental Mindoro, the Philippines which is the hometown of lead actress, Charo Santos-Concio. According to Diaz, the film was inspired by the short story God Sees the Truth, But Waits of Leo Tolstoy. Diaz said that his insights on the book in relation to his work that life is not truly understood by anyone and that more often people "abide and succumb to life's randomness." Charo Santos-Concio, the lead actress described the film as "a story of forgiveness, of transcendence."
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