Barber's Tales

Barber's Tales (Filipino: Mga Kuwentong Barbero) is a 2013 Filipino drama film by Jun Robles Lana. The film stars Eugene Domingo as Marilou, a widow who is forced to take her late husband's job as community barber during the end of Marcos era. The film is the follow-up to Lana's film Bwakaw and second of a trilogy focused on the small-town life in the Philippines.[1] The film had its world premiere and competed at the 2013 Tokyo International Film Festival, where it won the Best Actress Award for Eugene Domingo's performance.

Barber's Tales
Film poster
Directed byJun Lana
Written byJun Lana
StarringEugene Domingo
Eddie Garcia
Iza Calzado
Production
companies
APT Entertainment
Octobertrain Films
Release dates
Running time
120 minutes
CountryPhilippines
LanguagesFilipino
English

The film had its commercial release in the Philippines on August 13, 2014.[2]

Synopsis

In a rural town in the Philippines during the Marcos dictatorship, the newly widowed Marilou (Eugene Domingo) inherits the town's only barbershop from her husband- a business that has been passed down by generations of men in her husband's family. With no other means of support, she musters the courage to run the barbershop. But as to be expected, she fails to attract any customers. But a touching act of kindness she extended to Rosa, a prostitute who works in the town brothel, leads to an unexpected opportunity. Rosa, who now considers Marilou a friend, urges her prostitute friends to pressure their male clientele into patronizing Marilou's barbershop. The men have no choice but to grudgingly oblige out of fear that Rosa will expose their infidelity to their wives.

Cast

Awards and nominations

References
  1. "Eugene Domingo's 'Barber's Tales' is audience favorite in Italian festival". May 4, 2014. Retrieved May 5, 2014.
  2. "Eugene Domingo tells 'Tale' that made her take a 'semi-sabbatical'". Manila Bulletin. Archived from the original on July 1, 2014. Retrieved June 27, 2014.


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