By: Mario Bautista
ALOY ADLAWAN is the scriptwriter of "When I Met U" and the TV remake of "Paano Ba ang Mangarap". At the latter's presscon, he asked our help to promote a new film he directed, "Padyak", for his Breaking the Box Productions. He has previously megged the acclaimed Cinemalaya entry, "Roomboy", that won the best actress award for Meryll Soriano.
ALOY ADLAWAN is the scriptwriter of "When I Met U" and the TV remake of "Paano Ba ang Mangarap". At the latter's presscon, he asked our help to promote a new film he directed, "Padyak", for his Breaking the Box Productions. He has previously megged the acclaimed Cinemalaya entry, "Roomboy", that won the best actress award for Meryll Soriano.
"Padyak" is the story of Noel (Jay Aquitania), a young man who wants to go to college but is hard up so he ends up a pedicab driver. Everyday, he meets different sorts of people as his passengers. Three characters get entangled with him: a maid who has an affair with her boss' lover and gets caught, a child who wants to host a birthday party for his dad, and a law graduate who is tempted to do something bad. In his own life, Noel experiences tragedy when his best friend is killed, his mom goes into diabetic coma, and the woman he loves, Nadia, becomes a prostitute. It sets him to question if his life really matters.
The film is titled "Padyak" not only because Noel is a pedicab driver but because man is born kicking his way into this world. The pedicab is used as a visual symbol about the cycle of life and Aloy's fascination with existential exploration. It uses pure human energy to transport passengers: no gas, no pollution. The screenplay of "Padyak" got a grant of P500,000 from the National Commisson for Culture and Arts and also won 3rd place in the 2008 Palanca Awards. Also starring are Rita Avila, Baron Geisler, Irma Adlawan, Bodjie Pascua, Mcoy Fundales, Hazel Ann Mendoza, Katherine Luna, Mercedes Cabral, Angel Jacob, Arnold Reyes and Emilio Garcia. It will be shown at Robinson's Galleria Indiesine starting March 4.
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