{"id":30900,"date":"2014-11-07T15:02:57","date_gmt":"2014-11-07T07:02:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=30900"},"modified":"2014-11-07T15:02:57","modified_gmt":"2014-11-07T07:02:57","slug":"pinay-actress-garners-praise-for-role-in-brit-filmmakers-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/11\/07\/pinay-actress-garners-praise-for-role-in-brit-filmmakers-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Pinay actress garners praise for role in Brit filmmaker\u2019s work"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Mercedes<\/a>
Mercedes Cabral (Wikipedia photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Filipino actress Mercedes Cabral, best-known for her work in independent films,\u00a0\u00a0 is earning rave reviews for her performance in British installation artist and filmmaker Isaac Julien\u2019s latest film \/ installation, \u201cPlaytime.\u201d<\/p>\n

Julien describes Cabral, who is part of a cast which includes international actors Maggie Cheung, Colin Salmon, Ingvar Eggert Sigur\u00f0sson, Simon de Pury and Hollywood star James Franco, as the \u201cbest young actress I\u2019ve worked with.\u201d<\/p>\n

At a special screening of the film held last week at at the De La Salle College of Saint Benilde in Malate, Manila, Julien told reporters that he net Mercedes only when shooting for the movie had already started.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe shot eight to 10 hours every day. Isaac was very specific about what he wanted from his actors. How fast I should walk, how I should wipe a tabletop. If he didn\u2019t like what I did, he made me do it again and again until he was satisfied. He also said I should be able to convey the right emotion without words,\u201d Cabral said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIsaac is very strict about imagery, since this project is not a narrative. It\u2019s an \u2018installation,\u2019 for a split-screen. This is the first time I saw it on a single screen; it actually works,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

Cabral recounted that in December 2013, a three-minute segment of the film \u2013 particularly, a segment she was in \u2013 was showcased by Metro Pictures Gallery on 17 electronic billboards in Times Square, New York.<\/p>\n

\u201cI saw a video of it on YouTube. I was really surprised. I was like, my face all over Times Square? This can\u2019t be real. My parents are very proud. I\u2019m happy that my mom saw the whole of it today,\u201d Cabral gushed.<\/p>\n

\u201cPlaytime\u201d was filmed in three cities; namely, London, Reykjavik and Dubai. Based on the life of Liza Perez, a former overseas Filipino worker in Dubai, the movie is part-documentary and part-fiction. Perez now works with Julien, and has been friends with the filmmaker for over a decade.<\/p>\n

Cabral, who portrays a house worker in the movie, flew to Dubai in 2013 to work on the project.<\/p>\n

Film buffs can enjoy more the actress\u2019 work in the Jay Abello movie \u201cRed,\u201d at the Cinema One Digital Film Festival, beginning November 9. Cabral is also a semi-regular cast member in the soap \u201cHiram na Alaala\u201d on GMA 7.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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