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主演：导演：Khavn语言：英语/菲律宾语/西班牙语/Visayan地区:菲律宾编剧：卡文类型：喜剧上映时间：2005别名：TheFamilyThatEatsSoil用户标签：菲律宾,cult,实验,Khavn,超现实,菲律賓,2005,2000s片长：75分钟imdb编号：tt0758035fromInternationalFilmFestivalofRotterdamwebsite:　　Notfreeofviolenceandsex.Andnorisitfreeofmadness,becausewhereelsewouldyoufindafamilythatsitsdowntoamealofsoilthreetimesaday?No,noteveninthePhilippines.Butthat'swhatitallcomesdownto.　　Khavnisaveryoutspokenexperimentalfilmmakerwithaprolificrateofproductionandanuninhibitedlusttoinvestigateandcrossallfrontiers.Thisfilmalsodisplayscleartracesoffuriousimprovisationsandanonchalantprovocativemanner.InFilipinosociety,thefamilyisholy,liketheearth,becausethesocietyisbasicallystillagrarian.InthebizarreandsurrealisticworldofTheFamilyThatEatsSoil,astrangeanddysfunctionalfamilysitsdownthreetimesadaytoamealofsoil.Outsidethemealtimes,theindividualfamilymembersexperienceextravagantadventures.Asummaryofseveralcharactersistelling:Babyescapesfromhiscribtoacockfightingarena,Sisterisanymphomaniacprostitute,Brotherbeatssomeone'sskullin,Fatherhasmixedupapotionofpoisonthathewantstogivechildreninhospital,MotherisacleverdrugdealerandmediapersonalityandGrandpaisreallyalreadydead.Thisabsurdistdemonstrationofinsanityandsplutteringviolenceisclearlyrelatedtothetraditionofunderground,splatter,goreandcult,butthereismoretoitforthedirector.Forinstance,he'sinterestedintacklingtheissueofubiquitousviolenceinthehistoryofthePhilippinesthatinfactcontinuesintothepresentday.Inthisfilm,alltraditionalvaluesareturnedupsidedownandsentinthewrongdirection.Andwithverve.