Overview

It is the time of El Niño, a season ruled by superstition and fear. The rain is long in coming, the ground has cracked up dry. The ricestalks are thin and sickly. Villagers go hungry. And a boy dies from a snakebite. The adults splinter. Some pray. Others join a cult to appease earth spirits and wait for the ada, the ricefield spirit goddess of bountiful harvest who dances naked on moonlit nights and signals the need for a virgin’s sacrifice. There are fence sitters, equally pro-church and pro-cult. A landlord’s steward enforces his master’s usury on hapless farmers. A self-righteous priest says rain must first be deserved. Two young women fight for the right to do with their bodies as they please. A bastard boy and a blind girl come of age. Yesterday, they were children.

Genres

Cast

Ara Mina

Salve

Tonton Gutierrez

Fr. Joey

Pen Medina

Terio

Ray Ventura

Encio

Jennifer Sevilla

Daling

Eva Darren

Puring

Carlo Aquino

Marlito

Ronnie Lazaro

Nonong

Crispin Pineda

Kadyo

Gigi Locsin

Tasing

Ricky Pascua

Virgin's Father