Dayang Asu (Dognation)

DAYANG ASU (Dognation)
Directed by: BOR OCAMPO
Cinema One Originals 2015 Finalist

Genre: Action-Drama

SYNOPSIS:

Money flows in the quarry business. Running it means constantly keeping a lot of people satisfied. And, digging deeper reveals a scheme designed for legalized corruption. Workers issue “official receipts” for the passway fee collected from every truckload of sand coming from the quarry site, 24/7.

A passway marks the delineation between two sides. It is exactly in the middle and serves both as entry and exit.

Tonton, the son of a quarry master, enters the world of quarrying. A newbie to the business, he does his best to toughen up and blend in with his co-workers. On top of that, he struggles to prove to his father that he is fit to be part of and eventually run the business. As his co-workers search for a dog to butcher for his birthday, he tries to deal with a landlord who demands for a higher cut on the earnings.

However, his diplomatic attempt on swaying the landlord is futile, proving that his father’s ways are more effective. Things get out of hand and he is forced to make a decision. “Dayang Asu” is inspired by true events.

SCREENING SCHEDULE:

Nov 10 (Tue), 7:00 PM, SM Megamall
NOV 11 (Wed), 2:30 PM, Glorietta
NOV 12 (Thur), 5:00 PM, SM Megamall / 9:30 PM, Glorietta
NOV 13 (Fri), 9:50 PM, Trinoma
NOV 14 (Sat), 12:30 PM, SM Megamall
NOV 15 (Sun), 2:45 PM, Glorietta

CAST:

Ricky Davao
Jun-Jun Quintana
Inna Tuason
Lui Quiambao Manansala
Bernard Laxa
Elora Españo
Kelvin Vistan
Alex Manansala
Marco Nepomuceno
Ronnie Tayag
Bajun Lacap
Gina Villa

PRODUCTION STAFF:

Director, Writer — Bor Ocampo
Executive Producer — Ronald Arguelles
Line Producer — Alex Poblete
Associate Producers — Jen Timbol, Vanessa Ulgado, Rolly Palmes
Cinematographer — Albert Banzon
Assistant Directors — Relyn A. Tan, Grace Simbulan
Production Managers: Tin Velasco, Jennifer Cimagala
Production Designers — Aldrin Olaguer, Mikee dela Cruz
Film Editor — Mikee dela Cruz
Musical Scorer — Ian Puzon
Sound Designers — Stephen Lopez, Sheka Ong
Visual Effects — Marti Salva.
Colorist — Ian Kristoffer Guzman
Prosthetics Artist — Leo Velasco

PRESS RELEASE:

There’s money in the quarry business. Obscene amounts of money. And where there’s that much money, there’s corruption. Legalized corruption at that. Tonton is the son of a quarry master, a newbie thrust into a world he can’t quite fathom nor navigate eventually sucks him in like a vortex and forces him to make a decision that would change his life forever.

Bor Ocampo call his debut feature “Dayang Asu”, which centers on the conflicts and tensions that simmer between a father and son, his homage to the Pinoy action flick and in many ways, it does genre proud, particularly because Ocampo nuances the genre tropes with tinges of noir-ish anxiety and pathos and local color, something Ocampo, who grew up in the film’s Pampanga setting, knows a little too well.

Ricky Davao and Junjun Quintana play the father and son at the dark heart of the film, respectively.

“Dayang Asu” will have its gala night on November 10 (Tuesday) in SM Megamall Cinema One at 7:20PM. It will also screen during Cinema One Originals 2015, which starts on November 9 until the 17th, at select Trinoma, Glorietta, SM Megamall and Resorts World Manila cinemas.