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Rekados is a magic-realist tragicomedy of three generations of cooks in the slums that own a karinderia. Josefina, the matriarch whose traditional skill in cooking keeps the family alive; ... See full summary
Rekados is a magic-realist tragicomedy of three generations of cooks in the slums that own a karinderia. Josefina, the matriarch whose traditional skill in cooking keeps the family alive; Laura, the daughter who prefers cooking to please her customers and the man she desires; and caught in between the two is Pinay, the granddaughter who mimics Kris Aquino to get a basketball player of her own. In their small world of the kitchen that empowers and imprisons them, they cook dishes that symbolize their affection: adobo; kare-kare; dinuguan; and pansit. Each of them brings different flavors as they mix with each other and the men of their desires.

In-competition, Cinema One Originals Digital Film Festival 2006.

Won, Best Actor, Mario Magallona, Cinema One Originals Digital Film Festival 2006.

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    • Author: Conjuril
    This movie should be classified alongside movies such as Cannibal Holocaust, Feast 3: The Happy Finish, and Brain Dead for sheer tastelessness and idiocy. The advantage of the other three movies is that they were, at least, laughable, after a fashion. This movie is just simply bad. The writer's attempt to portray a nitty gritty slum existence in the Philippines is sadly delivered like a scene from a documentary on why not to visit third world countries. What the writer tries to pass off as an "in-your-face" reality scene (putting menstruated blood in the food) is one of the crudest and tactless scenes made in a supposed non-horror movie, although for the sheer bad content of this terrible movie, it really should have been classified as a horror movie. What passes for a background noise (i refuse to call that cat being gutted to death as music) is just a disharmonious cacophony of a tone-deaf artist-wannabe who was probably just related to one of the cast members or production crew and was just given a job for food money. On top of it all, they had the gall to put English sub-titles in the post production. This is sad for all filipino writers since it casts a pall on all, as it projects a bad image of filipino artistry. Note to the world: not all filipinos think or write like this, so please, do not use this sad attempt to judge the ability of filipino writers who do have real talent.
  • Cast overview, first billed only:
    Meryll Soriano Meryll Soriano - Pinay
    Eula Valdez Eula Valdez - Laura
    Boots Anson-Roa Boots Anson-Roa - Josefina
    Ana Capri Ana Capri - Dalagang Josefina
    Mario Magallona Mario Magallona - James
    Reth Romero Reth Romero - Tomas
    Gerald Lauron Gerald Lauron - Bruno (as Gerard Lauron)
    Alvin Marquez Alvin Marquez - Cardo
    Mar Garchitorena Mar Garchitorena - Kapitan
    Helen Anang Helen Anang - Kapitana
    Fatima Velasquez Fatima Velasquez - Nanay
    Roselle Gabriel Roselle Gabriel - Aling Siony
    Ricky Pinulan Ricky Pinulan - Tauhan
    Jericho Garcia Jericho Garcia - Tauhan
    Jun Babagay Jun Babagay - Fixer
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