The challenges of the making of Ma'Rosa: Opens on July 6, 2016 Nationwide!
2009 Cannes Best Director Brillante Mendoza talks about MA‘ ROSA, his inspiration, and the challenges in making the film. Describe Ma’Rosa in one sentence: MA‘ ROSA shows us a glimpse of a Filipino family set on a typical district in Manila, giving us a slice of life in a community. What made you pursue the story behind Ma’ Rosa? The idea of this film came up four years ago when I became indirectly involved with the said incident. It captured my interest to tell this story because it shows a unique but also disturbing characteristic of a common Filipino family. That when a family member is backed against the wall for the wrong doings that he or she made, you will do everything to keep them out of trouble even if it means violating basic virtues. In a society where survival of the fittest is a fact that we have to live with, family becomes amoral. What were the challenges in putting the story together for the screen? The whole film was treated like a docume...