Halted by COVID-19, and now part of Locarno’s The Films After Tomorrow competition, Lav Diaz’s “When the Waves Are Gone” looks set to mark the first time the Filipino auteur will enjoy the upsides …
” looks set to mark the first time the Filipino auteur will enjoy the upsides of full-force international co-production.
“It’s understood that Diaz’s low-budget techniques involve a certain suspension of belief: thus, we accept that a powerful dictator only seems to have a staff of two,” critic Jonathan Romney wrote of last year’s “The Halt,” a low-fi sci-fi drama set in a 2034 dystopia. Boutique Filmes and Snowglobe were two of the four co-producers on Ciro Guerra’s Directors’ Fortnight hit “Birds of a Passage,” a movie that saw the Colombian director step up in scale from the more intimate “Embrace of the Serpent” to a full-blown drug war epic, replete with immersive sound design.
In all, the budget of “When the Waves Are Gone” could be “near six or seven times Lav’s usual level,” says Films Boutique’s Jean-Christophe Simon, one of the film’s producers. Díaz had gone into production in the Philippines before COVID-19 struck. Renowned for his visuals – chiaroscuro lighting, off-kilter framing – Diaz is shooting in Super 16 on Kodak black-and-white stock.
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