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| Directed by | Brillante Ma. Mendoza |
| Screenplay by | Linda Casimiro |
| Produced by | Didier Costet |
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| Cinematography | Odyssey Flores |
| Edited by | Kats Serraon |
| Music by | Teresa Barrozo |
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Grandmother (also known as Lola) is a 2009 Filipino-French independent drama film directed by Brillante Mendoza. It was entered into the main competition at the 66th edition of the Venice Film Festival. [1] [2]
Two elderly women bear the consequences of a crime involving their respective grandsons. One is the victim, the other is the suspect. Both weak and poor, they laboriously solicit money in the midst of a storm, one for the victim's burial, the other for the suspect's bail bond.
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