pisay movie trailer

Not that I'm terribly thrilled about the prospect of a movie about high school life (and geeky students at that), but I guess I should show a little support for my alma mater. :)

Found this trailer of the PISAY movie on youtube:


It's part of cinemalaya and is about high school life in pisay at the time of the EDSA revolution.

Here's the official description from the creator and director, Mr. Auraeus Solito:

Amidst the chaos of Martial Law in this Third World country in the 1980s, eight teenagers in the top high school for the sciences discover themselves as they go through the joys and pains of adolescence. They were the top two hundred students from all over the Philippines who passed the examination for the Philippine Science High School, which was created for the purpose of giving an education highly enriched in the Sciences to exceptionally gifted Filipino children. Selected from the best and brightest from all over the country, they endure college-level courses in biology, chemistry, mathematics, and physics from their sophomore year onwards. Those who can make it are hailed as the future science and technology leaders of the New Republic, those who don't are deemed unfortunate victims of natural selection. They all learn however that they are neither isolated from the real world, nor are they exempted from living real lives. They find the world outside, erupting into the People Power revolution in 1986 against the Marcos dictatorship, being replicated within the school as they struggle to graduate, contend with teachers, classmates, family, school officials, and a new classification to segregate students meeting the high standards of excellence from those who do not.

After seeing the trailer, I was kinda struck by the scene with the words "BAYAN MUNA" in the classroom. I remember how all the classrooms in pisay had these words. How ironic. :(

Screening times are here if you want to watch.

yunlang.