Watch the movie version of this Nick Joaquin-written play online and for free
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The film was set in pre-World War II Philippines and was lifted from a stage play.
If you're itching to watch a Filipino vintage movie, then you shouldn't miss this.
The classic A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino will be streaming for one day only, and that's tomorrow, Saturday, February 6, from 12 p.m. to 10 p.m.
The link where viewers can view the movie will be posted on the Facebook page of Casa Grande Vintage Filipino Cinema.
The film was an adaptation of the play written by journalist-playwright and novelist, and Filipino National Artist for Literature, Nick Joaquin.
Set in Intramuros, Philippines, before World War II, the story reflects local high society through the lives of the Marasigan sisters, Candida and Paula, and their painter father Don Lorenzo Marasigan. Don Lorenzo's artistic drought pushes the family into financial strain, resulting in conflict and tension within the family and its relations.
Director Lamberto V. Abellana adapted the stage play and turn it into a movie in 1965.
Daisy Hontiveros-Avellana as Candida, Naty Crame-Rogers, Vic Silayan, and Conrad Parham starred in the film.
Incidentally, the free online screening is dedicated to Naty Crame-Rogers, who passed away at the age of 98 last February 2.
“There were a lot of disputes in 1965 because Nick was not keen on turning his play into a movie, but we found the right setting [an old house in Biñan],” Rogers told entertainment reporter Marinel Cruz of the Philippine Daily Inquirer in 2015.
That house no longer exists as the original owners, according to Rogers, “sold it and turned I to a gasoline station.”
A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino the movie garnered six Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences Award nominations, and a FAMAS Best Picture nomination.
The Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) in 2014 shouldered part of the expenses in restoring the film.
L'Immagine Ritrovata was tasked to do restoration works. The CCP in 2015 hosted the screening of the film's restored version with Rogers, being the only surviving member of the cast at the time, gracing the occasion.
Online screening of restored Filipino classic movies has been gaining ground as of late.
Among the notable ones are Dolphy's Markova: Comfort Gay in November as part of Pista ng Pelikulang Pilipino organized by the Film Development Council of the Philippines, and Mike de Leon's 1981 psycho-drama Kisapmata in December.
