The very brief life of an ember

The very brief life of an ember

Film Festival Reports

OLHAR DU CINEMA 2017: ALIPATO, THE VERY BRIEF LIFE OF AN EMBER BY KHAVN DE LA CRUZ

By Mónica Delgado

Alipato, which was in competition in Outros Olhares en Olhar de Cinema, must be one of the most free films of the last couple of years, especially since the Filipino filmmaker becomes a great recycler of iconic themes in cinema: police movies, exploitation, B-movies, and digests them in his own way, without restrictions, playing the part of writer, producer and musician.

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