English title: The Woman Who Left

Cinema One Originals and sine olivia pilipinas, Black and white, 227 mins

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Synopsis

For Horacia Somorostro, living has become a veritable reclusion perpetua, an imprisonment. Life’s spins and randomness has been very difficult, vicious and inexplicable for her.

The year is 1997. Princess Diana dies in a violent car crash. The world is saddened by the death of Mother Theresa. And the Philippines is gripped with fear. It has become the kidnap capital of Asia.

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Reviews

Olaf Möller, “Festivals: Venice”, Film Comment, December 22, 2016

Clarence Tsui, “‘The Woman Who Left’ (‘Ang Babaeng Humayo’): Film Review | Venice 2016”, The Hollywood Reporter, September 9, 2016

A.O. Scott, “Review: ‘The Woman Who Left’ Is an Epic, Intimate Tale of Injustice”, The New York Times, May 18, 2017

Guy Lodge, “Film Review: ‘The Woman Who Left’”,  The Variety, September 9, 2016

Oggs Cruz, “‘Ang Babaeng Humayo’ Review: Double lives, second chances”, Rappler, September 30, 2016

Noel Vera, “The Woman Who Left (Ang Babaeng Humayo, Lav Diaz)”, Critic After Dark, Oct. 3, 2016

Paul Castillo, “Ang Layo ng Narating ng ‘Ang Babaeng Humayo'”, Kung Sine Sine Lang, October 11, 2016

Philbert Dy, “‘Ang Babaeng Humayo’ Feels Momentous”, Click the City, September 28, 2016

Fred Hawson, “Review of ANG BABAENG HUMAYO: To Avenge, Artistically”, Said-Fred.blogspot.com, September 30, 2016

DJ Ramones, “Ang Babaeng Humayo (2016, Lav Diaz): time and solace and sorrow”, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Oct. 17, 2016

Dave White, “‘The Woman Who Left’ Review: Lav Diaz Takes Female Revenge to a Lonely Place”, The Wrap, May 19, 2017

Scout Tafoya, “The Woman Who Left”, RogerEbert.com, May 19, 2017

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, “The marathon-length The Woman Who Left rewards those who wait”, AV Film, May 17, 2017

Chris Nashawati, “The Woman Who Left: EW review”, Entertainment Weekly, May 17, 2017

Filipe Freitas, “The Woman Who Left”, filmthreat.com, November 17, 2017

Kenji Fujishima, “The Woman Who Left”, Paste, May 18, 2017

Stuart Klawans, “Review: The Woman Who Left”, Film Comment, May/June 2017 issue

Frederic and Mary Ann Busat, “The Woman Who Left”, Spirituality Practice, May 2017

Ela Bittencourt, “The House of the Poor”, The Village Voice, May 16, 2017

Nonoy Lauzon, “Ang Babaeng Humayo: Lav Diaz and Philosophy”, YCC Film Desk, January 23, 2017

Lem Leal Santiago, “REVIEW | ANG BABAENG HUMAYO [THE WOMAN WHO LEFT] (2016)”, Aurora Metroplis Blog, October 5, 2016

Mari-An Santos, “Charo Santos-Concio and John Lloyd Cruz excel in Ang Babaeng Humayo”, Pep.ph, September 30, 2016

Tito Genova Valiente, “‘Ang Babaeng Humayo’: A journey of evil and good” Business Mirror, October 12, 2016

Juaniyo Arcellana, “The woman who left was like she never left”, Philippine Star, September 25, 2016

Daniel Glassman, “TIFF Review: ‘The Woman who Left’”, Point of View Magazine, September 19, 2016

Jim Tudor, “Or: “Rodrigo Trinidad Must Die. Eventually.””, Zekefilm.org, January 23, 2018

Manohla Dargis, “Time Traveling at the Toronto Film Festival”, New York Times, Sept. 16, 2016

Jeff Reichert, “The Woman Who Left”, ReverseShot.org, May 19, 2017

Andrea Gronvall, “The Woman Who Left “, Chicago Reader

Kathleen Sachs, “Lav Diaz’s THE WOMAN WHO LEFT (New Filipino)”, cinefile.info

J. Hoberman, “Lav Diaz and Pedro Costa: Slow Cinema on the Cutting Edge”, The New York Times, Feb. 23, 2018

Cathy Brennan, “THE WOMAN WHO LEFT – VENICE 2016 REVIEW”, One Room With a View site, Sept. 14, 2016