Kubrador (The Bet Collector)

FIPRESCI Award (International Critics Prize)
2006 Moscow International Film Festival

FIPRESCI Award (International Critics Prize)
Best Asian Film
Best Actress (Gina Parreño)
Osian Cinefan's 8th Festival of Asian Cinema


Synopsis:
THE BET COLLECTOR revolves around 'jueteng', the game of numbers dating back to the country`s Spanish colonial period (1521-1898). It chronicles three days in the life of Amelita, a jueteng kubrador (bet collector). Despite the regular crackdown on this illegal game, she continues to collect bets from her regular patrons every day. On the third day, a holiday, she takes a break from work and visits the grave of her soldier son who perished in war.... It is All Saint's Day.
One day she is apprehended by the police. She joins the other kubradors in the police station until their kabo (handler) bails them out. The following morning, Amy returns to the streets and continues her clandestine activity. She meets the parish priest who informs her of a young neighbour's sudden death in an accident. He asks her to collect abuloy (donations) from neighbours and friends.
But then, a series of events turns her mundane existence into a perplexing game of life, luck and death.


Screenplay: Joel Jover
Cinematography: Roberto Yniguez
Editing: Jay Halili
Principal Cast: Gina Pareno, Soliman Cruz, Nanding Josef, Johnny Manahan, Jhong Del Rosario, Nico Antonio, Fonz Deza
Production: Joji Alonso / MLR Films
Music: Jerrold Tarog

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• kubrador
• jeffrey
• jeturian
• mlr
• films
• gina
• parreño

[enthusiast89]

actually,if you get to study film making like i do, marerealize nyo na hindi tanga ang mga Pilipinong gumagawa nito.Bakit?Dahil ang independent filmmakers ang may kakayahang ihayag ang TUNAY na kalagayan ng bansa para mismo sa Pilipinong manunuod;para gumawa ng aksyon.Iisipan pa ba muna ang turismo?aasa na lang ba tayo sa ibang tao higit sa kakayahan natin mismo?magisip isip nga tayo bago husgahan ang mga gumagawa ng pelikula na ito.May mensahe.malamang hindi niyo nakuha :) peace.

[kimjks2008]

I think you are calling yourself BOBO. Ikaw yun eh, you are calling producers of this one-of-a-kind and exceptional movie BOBO. You don;t know the value of being a Filipino. Again, it shows how the simple Filipinos live and not how we, Filipinos, perish as one of the 3rd world countries. And one more thing, movies of this kind are great works which should be preserved. Maraming values ang makukuha mo dito.

Go and watch foreign movies, after all, ikaw din ang nag papababa sa pinas...:)

[4305aries]

agweteng tyu pai



[juancarlosojano]

@lopoex Ah. So bobo si Martin Scorsese kasi pinakita niya ang dark side ng New York City sa TAXI DRIVER? Bobo rin si Ishmael Bernal na pinakita niya ang dark side ng Maynila sa MANILA BY NIGHT?

IKAW ANG BOBO.

[chefrules100]

@enthusiast89

san po makakanood nito ???

[hustlergalore]

@dreau07 wait up, sino nagsabi ang oscar ang "pinakamataas na film award". walang fact book ang magsasabi nyan. it is indeed the most popular. but the highest film honor? irony at its best!

[hustlergalore]

i recommend a beautiful film for them. tinimbang ka ngunit kulang. bagay sa kanila ang pelikulang yan. makikita nila ang sarili nila.

[hustlergalore]

@PownlyTheLonely hindi matanggap ni koldexx21, sariaya21 na pinoy sila. mga ipokrito kasi. hayaan mo na. intindihan mo na lang na habang buhay silang magtitiis ng pagkakaroon ng dugong pinoy. di ba ang sakit non para sa kanila? LOL

[hustlergalore]

@feelinluckytoday even if they didnt grow up in the phils. and they know how to appreaciate a film. they would like this film.