Warning: This review might contain spoilers.
Thy Womb. It's nice to see Nora doing what she does best. The rest of the cast, even the nonprofessional actors were also very effective, except for Lovi Poe which I think was miscast (too young, too pretty). It would have been better if she's swapped roles with Mercedes Cabral. The movie tend to meander too much & some scenes just go on forever, but the exotic location & culture help keep one's interest. It's also distracting that the main cast were speaking Tagalog while the rest of the locals were speaking the local dialect. It takes away from the realism that it tries to achieve. Also, I don't know if it needs to show an explicit birthing scene twice. It would have been more effective if it was saved until the very end. Showing it twice made it lose its power to shock which I think is the intended effect than anything. A couple of scenes involving a cow leave a bad taste in one's mouth. I like the abrupt ending; it jolts you and leaves you unease.
