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IPINALIWANAG ng beteranang aktres na si Pilar Pilapil kung bakit niya tinanggap ang pelikulang Mantsa, mula sa Dragon Entertainment Productions nina Bambbi Fuentes at Tine Areola.
Aniya, hindi na siya nag-isip nang mabasa ang script, agad siyang pumayag dahil nagandahan siya sa story ng Mantsa.
Sabi niya, “I read the whole story, and it’s a good story. And it’s not a very simple treatment. It’s not gonna be a simple treatment. It’s gonna be a bit complicated. And I like complications to the story.
“And with regards to my role, it’s kinda… I like it because I don’t talk much. There’s not much dialogue. Very limited ang dialogue and brief, but there’s a lot of nuance in the role, which I like.”
Sa pelikula ay gumaganap si Pilar bilang si Lola Pacita.
“Lola Pacita lives in an island all by herself together with her daughter and she deals with her grandchildren and all things that happened in the past in that house. So she is probably a simple, old woman with a lot of complexities in the situations in the family,” pagkukuwento niya sa karakter niya sa Mantsa sa direksiyon ni Louie Ignacio.
Samantala, ikinwento ni Bambbi kung paano nabuo ang concept ng Mantsa, at kung bakit isang psychological thriller ang naisip nilang gawin.
Sabi ni Bambbi. “Noong pandemic, wala naman tayong magawa, nasa bahay lang. Panay panonood ko ng Netflix. Nahilig ako sa mga horror, thriller. Nagkaroon ako ng idea na gumawa naman ng psychological thriller.”
Sabi naman ni Tine, “Hindi ito ‘yung tipong nanggugulat. It also deals with mental health.
“Tulad ng una naming film, ‘Sugat sa Dugo,’ which was about AIDS awareness, ‘Mantsa’ deals with mental health. Nandoon pa rin ‘yung advocacy namin.”
Bukod kay Pilar, kasama rin sa pelikula sina Gelli de Belen, Khai Flores, Shira Tweg,Miles Poblete, Janice de Belen, Snooky Serna, Lloyd Samartino, Dino Guevarra, LA Santos, Bo Bautista, Than Perez, RJ Ariar, among others.
Showing na ang pelikula sa October 9.
