Deadma Walking

Deadma Walking is a 2017 Philippine comedy - drama musical[1] film, directed by Julius Alfonso.

Deadma Walking
Directed byJulius Alfonso
Produced byRex A. Tiri
Written byEric Cabahug
Starring
Music byVon de Guzman
CinematographyLee Briones
Edited byVanessa de Leon
Production
company
T-Rex Entertainment
Distributed byOctoArts Films
Release date
  • December 25, 2017 (2017-12-25)
Running time
109 minutes
CountryPhilippines
LanguageFilipino
Box office₱26 million

The film is about a terminally ill gay man who fakes his own death to attend his own wake to hear his friends views on him.

The film, based on a Palanca Award-winning screenplay, was commercially released in the Philippines on December 25, 2017 as part of the 43rd Metro Manila Film Festival.

Cast

Main
He is the best friend of John.
John Samson: He is a terminally ill gay man who fakes his own death. He is also known as "Migs," short for amiga, Spanish word for "female friend."
Yolly Redgrave: She is the disguise of John in order to attend his own funeral.

Supporting
She is the only sister of John. Mary had misunderstandings between his brother John as she was not able to go home when their mother died.

Cameo

Production

Deadma Walking was directed by Julius Alfonso and produced under T-Rex Productions. Eric Cabahug began writing the screenplay of the film in 2014, predating Die Beautiful another film which Deadma Walking has been compared to by two years. Alfonso sees his film as with "more heart" than Die Beautiful and remarks that "the character doesn’t really die" in Deadma Walking while the protagonist in the other film "really dies".[2]

The screenplay of the film won second prize of the Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature in 2016.[3]

Release
Float of Dead Walking at the MMFF Parade of the Stars.

The film was commercially released in the Philippines on December 25, 2017 as part of the 43rd Metro Manila Film Festival.

Reception

Box office

Deadma Walking garnered a total of ₱26 million box office gross during the official run of the 2017 Metro Manila Film Festival.[4]

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References
  1. Cuartero, Nestor (14 November 2017). "Enter 'Deadma Walking' 'beshie' movie for everybody". Tempo (in English and Filipino). Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  2. Lo, Ricky (25 May 2017). "It's dying even more beautifully". The Philippine Star (in English and Filipino). Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  3. Carvajal, Dolly Anne (5 June 2017). "Joross and EA on love, gender-bending new characters". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  4. "'Gandarrapido: The Revenger Squad' tops MMFF 2017 box office". Rappler. 18 January 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
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