Tuos
Tuos is an upcoming Filipino movie that will be part of the 12th Cinemalaya Film Festival in August 2016.
Synopsis
In a small village, located deep within the mountains of Antique live Pinailog (Nora Aunor). No ordinary woman, Pinailog is the village's "Binukot" or a " kept Maiden" chosen in her youth as the fairest amongst the women in her village. Long confined inside her house and her face face often covered with a veil, Pinailog has been forbidden to go outside, or work the fields. She commands respect and reverence as the gatekeeper of her culture's oral tradition, memorizing the chants and performing it during special occasions. But as the world progresses into the modern age- the age of epics she chants AbOUT—even the very existence of the "binukot" slowly deteriorates. No one wants to bee "chosen" anymore, least of all Duwokan (Barbie Forteza), Pinailog'g 15 year old grand daughter. Duwokan wants to live her life, go out, learn new things and fall in love—all of which Pinailog disapproves owing her beliefs that Duwokan does not have the choice in the matter, just as she never had a choice when she was chosen. However, as Duwokan falls in love with a young man, the sanctity of the "tuos" ( the pact between the supernatural deities and their village0 is threatened, putting Duwokan's life in danger. Realizing that she cannot just let things be, Pinailog fights for Duwokan's right to live her own life and finds herself coming face to face, literally, with the ghosts of a tradition which shackled her into a life of solitary confinement.
Cast
- Nora Aunor as Pinailog
- Barbie Forteza as Duwokan
- Flor Salanga as mayhuran
- Ron Martin as Dapuan
- Ronnie MArtinez as Muwa
- Elora Espano as Anggoran
- Al Bernard Garcia as Datu Paiburong
- Adrienne Vergara as Bulawanon
Production
The film will be shoot entirely in the island of Panay.