The Woman Who Left

The Woman Who Left (2016)

Ang Babaeng Humayo

Guilt, God and gloomy revenge.

After three decades' wrongful incarceration for murder, a woman discovers that her friend and fellow inmate committed the murder of which she was accused. This leads to her release and subsequent discovery of the man who framed her — her ruling class ex-lover.

Date of release
2016-09-28
TMDB
6.9 / 10 (69)
Runtime
3h 49m
Genres
Drama
Director
Lav Diaz

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Calapan

The Woman Who Left is a 2016 Philippine drama film written, produced, directed, and edited by Lav Diaz. Starring Charo Santos-Concio in her first film since her return to acting after she stepped down as president and CEO of ABS-CBN Corporation, the story, inspired by Leo Tolstoy's 1872 short story God Sees the Truth, But Waits, follows a woman, who was released from imprisonment, decided to take revenge against the man who framed her.

Production

The Woman Who Left was written and directed by Lav Diaz, who also served as producer, editor, and cinematographer. It was produced by Sine Olivia and Cinema One Originals, with the latter's head, Ronald Arguelles, being the film's executive producer. According to Diaz the film was made not for a film festival. The film was planned to have a duration of four hours, and by June 2016, the film was already in the editing process.

The film was primarily shot in Calapan, Oriental Mindoro, which is the hometown of lead actress Charo Santos-Concio. According to Diaz, the film was inspired by the 1872 short story "God Sees the Truth, But Waits" by Leo Tolstoy.

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