Nitrate: To the Ghosts of the 75 Lost Philippine Silent Films (1912-1933)

(2023)

★ 9.5 IMDb · 2 votes

Genres: Horror

Year: 2023

Runtime: 62 мин

Country: Philippines

Director: Khavn

Cast: Susan Roces, Eddie Garcia, Mary Walter, Amalia Fuentes, Jaime de la Rosa, Rosanna Ortiz, Ronald Remy, Beth Manlongat, Romeo Vasquez, Dante Rivero

Plot

Lost cinema. Lost culture. Lost country. Lost people. How to recreate the past with nothing? Cinema of the impossible. The silent past is a horror film. The smell of nitrate in the morning. How many ghosts can the cinema contain? 75 films. 22 years. What is the numerological significance? Too late. Never too late.