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- 2017
- TV-MA
- ABS-CBN International
- 3 h 46 m
- 2017
- TV-MA
- ABS-CBN International
- 3 h 46 m
Summary After 30 years in prison, a woman discovers that her friend and fellow inmate committed the murder of which she was accused. This leads to her release and subsequent discovery of the man who framed her.
Directed By: Lav Diaz
Written By: Lev Tolstoy, Lav Diaz
- 2017
- TV-MA
- ABS-CBN International
- 3 h 46 m
- 2017
- TV-MA
- ABS-CBN International
- 3 h 46 m
The Woman Who Left
83
6.5
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Summary After 30 years in prison, a woman discovers that her friend and fellow inmate committed the murder of which she was accused. This leads to her release and subsequent discovery of the man who framed her.
Directed By: Lav Diaz
Written By: Lev Tolstoy, Lav Diaz
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 13 Critic Reviews
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92% Positive
12 Reviews
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8% Mixed
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 13 Critic Reviews
83
92% Positive
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
8% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
The film makes uncompromising demands on your attention and your empathy. But it is also illuminating and, in its downbeat, deliberate way, exhilarating.
Diaz has made an epic-length small film about the powerless, one full of moral urgency that he chooses to elongate and slow down to a crawl. It’s a quiet consideration of grief and mercy, of control taken and freely given up.
It’s a film you have to feel your way into, like a ruined church or a haunted house.
At once over-repetitive and less surprisingly digressive than some of his other films, The Woman Who Left may not represent Diaz at his absolute peak, but it’s a powerful, thoughtful melodrama that pulls you into its world and delivers a number of irresistible emotional coups.
The characters here are so vividly drawn and performed, and the contemplative mood so remarkably sustained, that the film casts a genuinely suspenseful and mesmerizing spell over the span of its nearly four hours. Don’t be daunted by its length: at its best, Diaz’s film has the richness of a great, wide-ranging, deeply immersive novel.
The Woman Who Left may not be a movie for everyone, but if you allow yourself to settle into its leisurely tempo and marinate in its heroine’s journey, it can be a richly rewarding experience.
It suffers by resembling arty, didactic bloat when it most begs for a more sophisticated dramatic touch.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 6 User Ratings
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50% Positive
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 6 User Ratings
6.5
50% Positive
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33% Mixed
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Production Company
Sine Olivia Pilipinas,
Cinema One Originals
Release Date May 19, 2017
Duration 3 h 46 m
Rating TV-MA
Genres
Awards
Gawad Urian Awards
• 9 Nominations
Entertainment Editors' Choice Awards
• 3 Wins & 7 Nominations
Star Awards for Movies
• 5 Nominations
