Movie Review

A Film Analysis on

LOLA

A faculty of the College of Arts and Sciences of

The Lyceum of the Philippines University

Governor’s Drive, General Trias, Cavite

In partial fulfillment of

The subject

Literature of the Philippines

“LOLA”

MAIN CREW

Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BRILLANTE MENDOZA

Executive Producer . . . . . . DIDIER COSTET

Producer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FERDINAND LAPUZ

Screenplay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LINDA CASIMIRO

Cinematographer . . . . . . . . ODYSSEY FLORES

Production Designer. . . . . DANTE MENDOZA

Film Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KATS SERRAON

Music. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TERESA BARROZO

Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ALBERT MICHAEL IDIOMA, ADDISS TABONG

MAIN CAST

ANITA LINDA. . . . . . . . . . . . . Lola Sepa

RUSTICA CARPIO. . . . . . . Lola Puring (Mateo's Grandmother)

TANYA GOMEZ . . . . . . . . . . Ditas

JHONG HILARIO . . . . . . . . Bebong (Mateo's Brother)

KETCHUP EUSEBIO . . . . Mateo (the Suspected Murderer)

Plot summary

The movie revolves around two grandmothers, Lola Sepa (Anita Linda) and Lola Puring (Rustica Carpio), who have to deal with a crime involving their two respective grandsons.Lola Sepa's grandson has been killed by a cell phone snatcher. Despite being devastated by the sudden violence, she must bear the burden of making the funeral arrangements. She and her family are poor, and there is not enough money for the coffin nor the legal pursuit against the suspected murderer. But the elderly woman is ready to even seek a bank loan to assure both a proper burial and justice for her beloved grandson. Lola Puring is committed to getting her grandson Mateo out of jail, although he has been accused of senselessly murdering Lola Sepa's grandson. But the poor aged woman doesn't have the bail money. Each time she visits her grandson in prison to bring him proper meals, it breaks her heart...