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"Tarot” from Regal Entertainment will be Marian Rivera’s scariest horror flick coming to theaters nationwide this August!After “Pamahiin” and “Shake, Rattle and Roll X” comes “Tarot” from Regal Entertainment, and this will be Marian Rivera’s scariest horror flick coming to theaters nationwide this August.Moviegoers should be expected to shout at the top of their voices from fear. In “Tarot” Marian Rivera plays Cara who has a unique gift – seeing the future through her grandmother’s tarot cards. When she was a child she already predicted two deaths in her family. And after her predictions came true, Cara’s mother Diana, played by Gina Alajar, feared for the dangers that her daughter’s psychic powers may bring her. She then stopped her daughter from using her gift. Unfortunately, it was love that broke her promise to her mom. When her boyfriend Miguel played by Dennis Trillo went missing from a hiking session, a saddened and disturbed Cara was forced to use her gift to look for him. Using the tarot cards to answer her questions, she opened a pandora’s box of dreadful revelations about her own life! Tarot is still showing in all theaters nationwide! Now on its 3rd week. -Cherry Ann Antonio-
Adolfo Alix Jr. is an icon in independent film industry. He is known as a writer, director, producer and stage designer.
He started his career as a scriptwriter for films and television. At age 18, he won First Prize in the Film Development Foundation’s (now Council) nationwide screenwriting competition in 1999. Even better, his prize-winning script, Kahapon, May Dalawang Bata, was made into a feature film by Carlitos Siguion Reyna.
His others screenplays include Gil Portes' acclaimed Mga Munting Tinig, and Home Coming and many others.
His first film, Donsol was a finalist in the 2006 Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival where it won Best Actress and Best Cinematography honors. The film was screened in several international film festivals abroad and garnered Special Jury prizes in the Asian Marine Film Festival in Japan and in the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival in the U.S.A. It was also the Philippines' official submission to the Academy Awards (OSCARS) Best Foreign Language Film category.
Since his debut as a director, he has become one of the most promising and prolific young Filipino filmmakers with his other films screened at various international film festivals. Kadin, Alix’ second feature, premiered in the Ici et ailleurs section of the 60th Locarno International Film Festival in Switzerland and competed in the 27th Festival International du Film d’ Amiens in France.
His third film, Tambolista was featured in the Sturm und Drang (Cinema of the Future) section of the 37th Rotterdam International Film Festival. Adela , his feature starring veteran actress Anita Linda, was screened at Toronto, Pusan and Rotterdam International Film Festivals. It also won in all the categories of the Young Critics' Circle Awards 2009 including Best Picture and Best Performer.
Manila, co-directed with Raya Martin and starring Piolo Pascual, was selected in the Out-of-Competition (Special Screenings) of the 62nd Festival de Cannes.
He is now working on Kalayaan which received script development support from the Hubert Bals Fund of the International Film Festival Rotterdam and Porno which will be presented as one of the projects in the Hong Kong Asia Film Financing Forum 2009.
Personally, I admire Adolf Alix. I had already watched the Manila, Daybreak and Tambolista which made me love independent films and craves me to watch his other films.
An interview by the Philippine Reporter to Adolfo Alix with regards to his film Adela starring Anita Linda. -http://PhilippineReporter.com Toronto Filmfest Sept. 2008
-Artcle by Michael Joe T. Delizo
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