Corrie Class Trip #12: Himala
The final installment of this round of the Corrie Class Trip. Thanks to the very few who have stuck it out throughout, greatly appreciated! This one has been fun.
Himala (1982, Ishmael Bernal)
I know this is a bit longer (at 125 minutes) than most of the films we've seen for this round, but I encourage you to give it a go because this one is supposed to be worth it. It is considered one of, if not the best Filipino film of all time by both critics and audiences. I've heard about it from pinoy friends on other forums but I've never seen anyone talk about it here, nor does it come up in trends. I'd like to end the Class Trip on a high note and hopefully this film follows through. Let's watch it by
Sunday August 31st.
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Himala has won numerous awards and distinctions in the Philippines and abroad, including Best Picture from the 1982 Metro Manila Film Festival and the 1983 Catholic Mass Media Awards.
At the Manila Film Festival, the movie swept 9 of the 11 awards available. Aunor won the Best Actress trophy for her role in the film at the December local film festival, and was nominated for other top acting awards in the Philippines. She was nominated for Best Actress at the 33rd Berlin International Film Festival, where Himala vied in the prestigious competition for the Golden Bear Award.[13] The film was personally handpicked by Festival Director Moritz de Hadeln in the official selection.
The film's international honors also included the Bronze Hugo prize at the 1983 Chicago International Film Festival; it received a special religious citation in the 1983 Asia-Pacific Film Festival held in Taipei, Taiwan; and it was selected as the opening film for the 1983 Manila International Film Festival.
Himala was the choice of the Filipino film critics' society Manunuri ng Pelikulang Pilipino as one of the ten best films of the 1980s. In 2002, the same critics' group named Himala one of the best Filipino movies for the last three decades, from 1970 - 1999.
Bernal, the film's director, was conferred the National Artist Award posthumously (he died in 1996). His body of work was accorded the high recognition of Gawad CCP para sa Sining in 1990, and the Centennial Honors for the Arts, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Philippine Declaration of Independence and Nationhood in 1998.
Himala was the only Filipino film that made it to the shortlist of the Best Asian Films of All Time chosen by CNN International in 2008.[14][15] It was cited for its "austere camera work, haunting score and accomplished performances [that] sensitively portray the harsh social and cultural conditions that people in the third world endure."
#1 -
The Worthless (1982, Mika Kaurismäki, Finland) | snapper
#2 -
Shopping for Fangs (1997, Quentin Lee and Justin Lin, USA) | takeshi
#3 -
The Heart of the Wise Lives in the House of Sorrow (2009, Marin Malešević, Serbia) | Shieldmaiden
#4 -
The Forbidden Quest (1993, Peter Delpeut, Netherlands) | kopello
#5 -
São Bernardo (1972, Leon Hirszman, Brazil) | Bandy Greensacks
#6 -
Evdokia (1971, Alexis Damianos, Greece) | Epistemophobia
#7 -
The Ball at the Anjō House (1947, Kōzaburō Yoshimura, Japan) | snapper
#8 -
Sérail (1976, Eduardo de Gregorio, France) | takeshi
#9 -
Passport for a Corpse (1962, Mario Gariazzo, Italy) | JediMoonShyne
#10 -
Aksuat (1997, Serik Aprimov, Kazakhstan) | Shieldmaiden
#11 -
Dangerously Excited (2011, Koo, South Korea) | wigwam
#12 -
Himala (1982, Ishmael Bernal, Philippines) | snapper
Past Trips, Edition 1.0:
#1 -
Distant Journey (1949, Alfréd Radok, Czechoslovakia) | snapper
#2 -
Nanami: The Inferno of First Love (1968, Susumu Hani, Japan) | Das
#3 -
The Policewoman (2003, Joaquim Sapinho, Portugal) | charulata
#4 -
Freeze, Die, Come to Life! (1989, Vitali Kanevsky, USSR) | Bandy Greensacks
#5 -
The Perfume of the Lady in Black (1974, Francesco Barilli, Italy) | Trip
#6 -
Weddings and Babies (1958, Morris Engel, USA) | snapper
#7 -
The Man with Three Coffins (1987, Lee Jang-ho, South Korea) | Notes from Underground
#8 -
Malina (1991, Werner Schroeter, Germany) | Shieldmaiden
#9 -
Bad Luck (1960, Andrzej Munk, Poland) | B-Side
#10 -
The Girl with the Suitcase (1961, Valerio Zurlini, Italy) | JediMoonShyne
#11 -
The Engagement of Anna (1972, Pantelis Voulgaris, Greece) | BandyGreensacks
#12 -
Our Neighbor, Miss Yae (1934. Yasujirō Shimazu, Japan) | snapper
