The film captures the ritual motions of the women in a family preparing for the wedding of seventeen-year-old Ayesah who is betrothed to a man she barely knows. As preparations for her union is underway, Ayesah is reunited with her childhood tutor Maguid who returns to the village as a militiaman after five years, reawakening Ayesah’s past memory of childhood infatuation. Throughout Ayesah’s confinement her precocious and rebellious eight-year-old sister Saripa becomes her eyes to the world beyond her room. Her mother Amina keeps her composure despite the fact her husband sleeps with his second wife half of the time, finding solace in the belief that it is both her religious and familial duty to be an obedient wife. Ayesah’s aunt Farida is tasked to ensure that she is prepared for the wedding. However, Farida’s dark past challenges Ayesah’s resolve finding herself choosing between love and loyalty to tradition and family.
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Gutierrez Mangansakan II Director
First release July 10, 2010 · Produced in Philippines · Original title Limbunan
Production
Philippines
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Languages
Original title
Limbunan
Original language
Tagalog
Spoken on screen
Tagalog
Release dates
Philippines · July 10, 2010
Premiere · Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival
No release date listed for United States.
France
February 12, 2011 · Vesoul Asian Film Festival
Greece
December 6, 2010 · Thessaloniki International Film Festival
Italy
September 10, 2010 · Premiere
Singapore
May 7, 2012 · Southeast Asian Film Festival
United Arab Emirates
December 17, 2010 · Dubai International Film Festival
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