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Tirador

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Plot
Cast
Production
Themes and Symbolism
Low-life and one-dimensional characters Machismo
Impact
References
External links

Tirador (Slingshot) is a 2007 film directed by Brillante Mendoza. Produced by the Centerstage Productions, the film shows the political undertones of the Filipinos who are living in poverty.^[1]

Plot

The movie revolves around the lives of Rex, Caloy, Leo and Odie in the streets of Quiapo, Manila. Quiapo is known to be one of the most crowded, depressed and notorious areas in Manila. The movie was set during Holy Week and the 2007 elections that showed both the political and religious stands of a typical Filipino in the slums. The low-life criminals are portrayed in a way that humanizes them, and was compared to the corrupt and hypocritical politicians who exploits the poor.^[2]

Cast

Jiro Manio as Odie
Coco Martin as Caloy
Kristoffer King as Rex
Nathan Lopez as Leo
Harold Montano as Rod
Jaclyn Jose as Zeny
Julio Diaz as Diego

Production

The movie was produced by Centerstage Productions, Rollingball Entertainment and Ignite Media. Tirador was distributed in the Philippines through the same production in 2007 and was also shown internationally in France through Swift Distribution and Peccadillo Pictures in 2009 in UK.^[3]

Themes and Symbolism

Low-life and one-dimensional characters

The movie showed the cruelty of the society and how a regular Filipino, living in the slums survives another day.^[2]

Machismo

Tirador showed how men are forced into machismo, and how weak a human soul is. Evil has its own way to corrupt the minds of people in all social classes because of strong and selfish human urges.^[2]^[4]

Impact

The main actors played realistic roles, that mirrored how men live in the slum area. The movie exposed the contrasts of corruption in all classes, where the influential was placed in the hot seat. It also showed the difference of societal levels and the animalistic instinct of humans to survive.^[2]

References

1. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBHfpO4X1XM|title=Tirador – Libre Pelikula|last=|first=|date=2 April 2017|website=Youtube|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}
2. ^¹²³{{Cite web|url=http://bulatlat.com/main/2009/04/25/poverty-of-the-human-soul-a-movie-analysis-of-brillante-mendoza%E2%80%99s-tirador/|title=Poverty of the Human Soul: A Movie Analysis of Brillante Mendoza’s Tirador|last=Ellao|first=Janess Anne|date=25 April 2009|website=Bulatlat|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}
3. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1097267/companycredits?ref_=tt_dt_co|title=Tirador (2007) Company Credits|last=|first=|date=|website=IMDb|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}
4. ^{{Cite web|url=http://oggsmoggs.blogspot.com/2008/07/tirador-2007.html|title=Tirador (2007)|last=Cruz|first=Oggs|date=2 July 2008|website=OggsMoggs|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}

External links

{{IMDb title|1097267}}

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