Panaghoy sa Suba analysis
“All is fair in Love and War”
Panaghoy sa Suba is a film set during the Japanese Occupation. It focuses mainly on the life of Duroy, a boat operator from Bohol. The films also features his love for a girl named Iset, and the complications they experience with their relationship. The film also shows how badly the
Americans and the Japanese treated the Filipinos.
The main theme of the film is the nationalism of the Filipinos as well as the colonization of Philippines by other countries.
The film shows some of the traits of Filipinos such as courage, faithfulness, obedience to their family especially to elders and also their love and care for their loved ones. The use of the
Visayan language in the film makes the scenes more realistic and makes the viewer feel what it was like during that particular time in the Philippines, especially in Visayas.
On the technical side, I think the audio effects were clear and the music chosen were very appropriate. Some of the scenes where not lighted properly, but most of the scenes can be seen clearly. The film had very slow pacing during the first part of the movie, but it picks up the pace during the latter part of the movie. The actors portrayed their parts well. They captured the emotions of their characters well, however, the portrayal of the American was sort of forced.
I think that the film was not very accurate, like how it showed an American priest even though there were none in the Central Visayas during the World War II. I think that the main purpose of the author is to show to the audience what it was like for the Filipinos during that time and also feature our patriotism and altruism to our country. It may be a little one-sided, since it is in fact a Filipino film, however, there are some parts where they feature the point of views of the
American and Japanese through the foreign characters of the film. The film is very convincing. It
shows how the life of a man changes, from a boat operator in a river to a guerilla
Panaghoy sa Suba is a film set during the Japanese Occupation. It focuses mainly on the life of Duroy, a boat operator from Bohol. The films also features his love for a girl named Iset, and the complications they experience with their relationship. The film also shows how badly the
Americans and the Japanese treated the Filipinos.
The main theme of the film is the nationalism of the Filipinos as well as the colonization of Philippines by other countries.
The film shows some of the traits of Filipinos such as courage, faithfulness, obedience to their family especially to elders and also their love and care for their loved ones. The use of the
Visayan language in the film makes the scenes more realistic and makes the viewer feel what it was like during that particular time in the Philippines, especially in Visayas.
On the technical side, I think the audio effects were clear and the music chosen were very appropriate. Some of the scenes where not lighted properly, but most of the scenes can be seen clearly. The film had very slow pacing during the first part of the movie, but it picks up the pace during the latter part of the movie. The actors portrayed their parts well. They captured the emotions of their characters well, however, the portrayal of the American was sort of forced.
I think that the film was not very accurate, like how it showed an American priest even though there were none in the Central Visayas during the World War II. I think that the main purpose of the author is to show to the audience what it was like for the Filipinos during that time and also feature our patriotism and altruism to our country. It may be a little one-sided, since it is in fact a Filipino film, however, there are some parts where they feature the point of views of the
American and Japanese through the foreign characters of the film. The film is very convincing. It
shows how the life of a man changes, from a boat operator in a river to a guerilla