For those who have yet to watch any of the eight official entries to the 43rd Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF), Ang Larawan—the handsome and stately screen adaptation of the late National Artist for Literature and Theater Rolando Tinio and Ryan Cayabyab’s musical based on the late National Artist for Literature Nick Joaquin’s enduring three-act play A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino—is a good movie to start.
Joanna Ampil dazzles in her first film; her breakdown scene alone should be enough to clinch her a best actress award.