Turumba

Turumba
Official movie poster
Directed byKidlat Tahimik
Written byKidlat Tahimik
Produced byKidlat Tahimik
Starring
  • Homer Abiad
  • Iñigo Vito
  • Maria Pehipol
  • Patricio Abari
  • Bernarda Pacheco
CinematographyRoberto Yniguez
Edited byK.H. Fugunt
Music byMandy Afuang
Production
companies
  • Kidlat-Kulog Productions
  • Tellux Film
Distributed byFlower Films
Release date
  • 1983 (1983)
Running time
87 minutes
Countries
  • Philippines
  • West Germany
LanguageFilipino

Turumba is a 1983 Filipino independent film written, produced, and directed by Kidlat Tahimik. The film was originally made as a 45-minute short film titled Olympic Gold, commissioned by West German broadcaster ZDF for the 1981 television series Vater Unser.[1]

Synopsis

Set in a tiny village, the story follows a family who makes papier-mache animals which they sell during the Turumba festival. One day, a German visitor decides to buy all their wooden sculptures and orders a whole stock in celebration of the German Oktoberfest. Soon enough, the family and their entire village have turned into a year-round cycle of profit-driven labour, resulting in the dissolution of their old tradition.

Cast

  • Homer Abiad as Kadu
  • Iñigo Vito as Romy
  • Maria Pehipol as Lola
  • Patricio Abari as Mang Pati
  • Bernarda Pacheco as Bernarda
  • Katrin de Guia as Katrin Luise
  • Claudia Aderes as Mother
  • Johnny Ching as Son

Release

Turumba was given a limited release in the United States by documentarian Les Blank's Flower Films on April 11, 1984.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Turumba / Olympic Gold". Kidlat Tahimik. Tobias Hering. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
  2. ↑ Maslin, Janet (April 12, 1984). "'Turumba'". The New York Times. Retrieved August 8, 2019.


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