One other US Trailer for Filipino Indie Comedy ‘Leonor Will By no means Die’
by Alex Billington
October 12, 2022
Supply: YouTube
“Do you assume Ma will get up if we make her film?” Music Field Movies has debuted a second trailer for the indie Filipino motion comedy Leonor Will By no means Die, opening within the US this November. It premiered on the 2022 Sundance Movie Pageant in January, and simply screened on the Toronto Movie Pageant, too. A one-of-a-kind movie about movie from the Philippines!! Fiction and actuality blur when Leonor, a retired filmmaker, falls right into a coma after a TV lands on her head, compelling her to change into the motion hero of her unfinished screenplay. Starring Sheila Francisco because the superb Leonor, with a enjoyable solid together with Bong Cabrera, Rocky Salumbides, Rea Molina, and Anthony Falcon. “An modern mix of pulpy motion homages, playful comedy, and touching household drama, Leonor Will By no means Die is a splendidly imaginative tribute to the artwork of filmmaking.” This trailer is a barely completely different minimize from the one final month, with a lot of the identical footage however a number of completely different edits inside. Hopefully as soon as of those trailers persuade you to observe!! It is value it.
Here is the second US trailer for Martika Ramirez Escobar’s Leonor Will By no means Die, from YouTube:
You’ll be able to rewatch the primary trailer for Escobar’s Leonor Will By no means Die right here, for a bit of additional footage.
Leonor Reyes was as soon as a groundbreaking determine within the Filipino movie trade throughout its ragtag motion cinema glory days, however now she struggles with previous age, mounting payments, and the premature demise of her son. Whereas revisiting an unfinished script a few fearless protagonist making an attempt to avenge his brother’s homicide, Leonor is struck on the pinnacle by a falling tv set and knocked right into a coma. As she lies unconscious within the hospital, fantasy and actuality start to blur when Leonor finds herself awake inside her script, turning into the hero of her personal story. Leonor Will By no means Die, also called Ang Pagbabalik ng Kwago in Tagalog, is each written and directed by younger filmmaker Martika Ramirez Escobar, making her characteristic directorial debut after quite a few shorts and cinematography work beforehand. This initially premiered on the 2022 Sundance Movie Pageant, and it additionally performed on the Neuchâtel and Edinburgh Movie Festivals. Music Field Movies will launch Leonor Will By no means Die in choose US theaters on November twenty fifth, 2022. Go to their official web site.
