A Meditation on the Possible Ending of the Mythical Bird Adarna

January. 22,2021

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5.5

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Eksena Cinema Quarantine

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The night before the lockdown, while reviewing some unused footages from my latest film project (Hinulid), a small box from an anonymous sender arrives. The box contains a Bikol translation of the Tagalog long poem, Ibong Adarna, and an egg.

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