![]() ![]() The audience is made witness to a story of a country boy’s transformation to become one of the most influential Filipinos in the recent century. It begins with a flashback-filled narrative that chronicles the journey of a religion founder named Peles Manalo. Yet, no forewarning was sufficient to prepare us in the three-hour agony of watching a self-glorifying, history-mutilating, sect-promoting film that is Felix Manalo.įelix Manalo’s grand production cannot salvage a self-serving storyline. The lens zooms in to specific shots, frames are selective of certain environment, and lighting is used to overemphasize characters. But, as any filmmaker would attest, the notion of independent thinking ceases when the camera starts rolling. ![]() The subjectivity of art in cinema can be construed as having the freedom to interpret and understand.
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