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Filipino filmmaker Jun Robles Lana is making his second appearance at Toronto International Film Festival with Your Mother’s Son, which is receiving its world premiere in the Centrepiece section.
Co-scripted by Lana and Elmer Gatchalian, the film tells the story of a hard-working mother and her delinquent son whose relationship is challenged when she invites one of her students to move into their home, so he can escape his violent father. Initially, it seems the son is suffering from a severe case of Oedipus complex, but as the film progresses, a more shocking tale of abuse of power and sexual dynamics begins to unfold.
Sue Prado (Barber’s Tales) plays the mother, with Kokoy de Santos (Gameboys) playing the son, and Elora Españo and Miggy Jimenez rounding out the cast. Lana, Perci Intalan and Ferdinand Lapuz produced the film through The IdeaFirst Company, Octobertrain Films, Quantum Films and Cineko Productions.
Lana was previously in Toronto in 2012 with Bwakaw, the story of an elderly gay man who takes in a stray dog, which was sold by Fortissimo Films and won several awards on the festival circuit.
A prolific filmmaker, switching between festival films and mainstream titles, Lana also has credits including Barber’s Tales (2013), Die Beautiful (2016), Big Night (2021) and more recently About Us But Not About Us, which won the Critics Pick best film award at last year’s Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival.
He also recently directed comedy thriller Ten Little Mistresses for Amazon Prime Video, which he also produced through The IdeaFirst Company, the production outfit he runs with Intalan.
Deadline: What was the initial inspiration behind Your Mother’s Son?
Jun Robles Lana: We started making the film two years ago
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