Hele, the Lav Diaz film that won in Berlin, is Stupendous, and we would watch it Again.

The preview of Hele Sa Hiwagang Hapis (Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery) at the Dolphy Theatre in ABS-CBN yesterday was called “Take The Hele Challenge”, playing up the best-known fact about the film: that it’s eight hours long. Not that it won the Silver Bear in Berlin. Not that it’s awesome. But that it’s long, […]