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  • 2022
  • Music Box Films
  • 1 h 41 m
  • 2022
  • Music Box Films
  • 1 h 41 m

Summary Leonor Reyes was once a major player in the Filipino film industry during its ragtag action cinema glory days, but now in her golden years, she struggles to pay her bills. When she reads an advertisement for a screenplay contest, Leonor begins tinkering with an unfinished script about a young man avenging his brother’s murder at the hand...

Directed By: Martika Ramirez Escobar

Written By: Martika Ramirez Escobar

  • 2022
  • Music Box Films
  • 1 h 41 m
  • 2022
  • Music Box Films
  • 1 h 41 m

Leonor Will Never Die

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 14 Critic Reviews
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Summary Leonor Reyes was once a major player in the Filipino film industry during its ragtag action cinema glory days, but now in her golden years, she struggles to pay her bills. When she reads an advertisement for a screenplay contest, Leonor begins tinkering with an unfinished script about a young man avenging his brother’s murder at the hand...

Directed By: Martika Ramirez Escobar

Written By: Martika Ramirez Escobar

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 14 Critic Reviews
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14% Mixed
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Generally Favorable Based on 14 Critic Reviews
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14% Mixed
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100
Nov 28, 2022
With its low-fi pleasures of see-through ghosts and TV screens as portals, the film reaffirms how ingenious the medium can be in the grasp of the right artist. From one segment to the next, the mechanics of this adventure repeatedly astound us.
By Carlos Aguilar FULL REVIEW
83
Jan 29, 2022
In a film steeped in loss and grief, Leonor Will Never Die, as the title implies, is ultimately a beautiful, life-affirming celebration of the power of film and art to heal. Yes, even ‘80s action films.
By Charles Barfield FULL REVIEW
80
Dec 2, 2022
A sense of play and joyful collaboration permeates Leonor Will Never Die, even as it engages with serious issues of life, death, and legacy. It reminds us that love, like creativity, is a living thing, and that both are meant to be shared.
By Katie Rife FULL REVIEW
70
Apr 6, 2023
Escobar’s go-for-broke handling of the material favours fun outtakes, flip humour and nostalgic hat-tips to the days when the Philippines had real gravitational pull as a hub for maverick genre enthusiasts wanted to parlay the beautiful/desolate surroundings into their scuzzy opus. And just when you reach the point where you think that Escobar has finally lost the plot, she crops up on camera and admits just that.
By David Jenkins FULL REVIEW
67
Dec 8, 2022
The self-referential material and multiple-threaded storylines tend to overstretch greater narrative. Yet Leonor plays with interesting blends of reality and fiction, borrowing from Filipino action influences to create a potent concoction of how inspiration might strike a writer’s creative impulses.
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65
Jan 29, 2022
The film builds everything up just to smash it and laugh, like a kid playing with LEGO.
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50
Nov 23, 2022
Francisco’s committed and surprisingly nuanced performance makes it easier to invest in the movie’s otherwise unexplained style of magical realism.
By Simon Abrams FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Arkeofilms, Anima, Purin Pictures, Talents Tokyo Next Masters Support Program, CMB Film Services, CreatePH Films, This Side Up
Release Date Nov 25, 2022
Duration 1 h 41 m
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Website https://www.facebook.com/leonorwillneverdie
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Awards

Gawad Urian Awards
• 4 Wins & 10 Nominations
Society of Filipino Film Reviewers
• 4 Wins & 10 Nominations
FAMAS Awards
• 1 Win & 10 Nominations

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