MARXISM

'Rainbow's Sunset' gives a glimpse into the centrality of family in Filipino life, and how
that same centrality lies at the heart of our distinctive brand of oligarchic
corruption.MORE THAN FRIENDS. Ramon (Eddie Garcia) spends time with his good
friend Fredo (Tony Mabesa), who is ill. Rainbow’s Sunset is a movie that would you like
specially if you wacth the trailer of the movie your mind will be curious. It would be a
nice way to learn a few things about the local lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and
queer (LGBTQ) community before you judge any people by not knowing his/her position
in lifeRainbow’s Sunset is still an LGBTQ film. The story revolves around the love
between aged gay couple Ramon and Fredo during the latter’s final struggle against
cancer. With his old lover fading fast, Ramon packs up and moves in with Fredo to
accompany him in his last days.Surrounding the terminal romance between the two is
the conflict it triggers within Ramon’s family. Ramon has been married to wife Sylvia for
over 50 years. Luckily she’s understanding, even supportive, of Ramon’s decision to
accompany Fredo. But not Ramon’s 3 middle-aged children who all have their own
families, and had no clue about their father’s sexuality. It’s hard to believe, as Ramon’s
only son Emman says, when your father comes out at the ripe old age of 84

FEMINISM
And therein lies the problem. Because Ramon’s family isn’t just any family, oh no. It’s a
budding political dynasty. Ramon – full name Ramon Estrella – is a retired 3-time
senator.As much as Emman is horrified by his father’s sexuality, all the more so is
Georgina, Ramon’s second child, who is also the newly elected mayora of a quiet
provincial town. Her main gripe against her father is the scandal his newly revealed
sexuality will cause because everyone knows the revered senator.Everyone knows the
Estrella family car. The family’s status is in full display when Georgina casually orders
Fredo’s nephew to curtain up his uncle’s house – best not to let the neighbors notice
them cuddling in the bedroom. Things get even more explicit when Georgina’s husband,
a businessman, asks his brother-in-law Emman to tinker with land prices. Just a bit, he
says, so he can sell them to a third party for greater profit.It’s a confusing blithe display
of traditional family politics. Emman’s role in corruption is treated as a side plot, a joke,
and its consequences are never mentioned again after the deal’s conclusion.Something
of how the movie treats the Estrella family can be seen in its portrayal of Marife, the
youngest daughter, who works at Gabriela. She’s the only one among her siblings open
to her father’s sexuality. She’s also regularly, and conspicuously, shown working under a
large Gabriela banner. It’s almost as if the organization’s name was being used to
emphasize this "one good seed" among the Estrella siblings, whose kindness is meant
to sanitize her family’s antics.
READERS
Rainbow’s Sunset is still a nice movie. Humor infuses most scenes despite, or because
of, the near soap opera levels of drama. The 3 starring elderly actors, Eddie Garcia,
Tony Mabesa, and Gloria Romero – Ramon, Fredo, and Sylvia, respectively – tell with
grace this strange story about love at the terminal stages of life. And the movie mocks
other aspects of Filipino conservatism just as well. (It’s probably just a phase, says
Emman, who also cannot believe he has a lesbian daughter.)Perhaps it’s just me. It was
a strange experience in the cinema, like having two people watching the movie in my
head. There was the part of me that just wanted to enjoy, and another that couldn’t help
but wonder what Nat was learning about the country from his visit. Waving him
goodbye, I think Rainbow’s Sunset helped show Nat a fuller picture of the Philippines,
giving a glimpse into the centrality of family in Filipino life, and how that same centrality
lies at the heart of our distinctive brand of oligarchic corruption, than he otherwise could
have hoped for the other people to help and to prevent the Filipino citizens of the
Philippines and you know what to do with the family is going to be with him for the next
so many years.

Formalist

the formalist is larges one but we need to focus in main.

Instead of simply focusing on the romance between Ramon and Fredo which has been
delayed by the former’s political career and family life, the story recklessly scatters itself
towards so many subplots that do not really cohere logically or emotionally. Its
impressions on love and gender are echoed from motherhood statements that are
mouthed by the characters in the most unwieldy of fashion. Rainbow’s Sunset is really
just a very lazy film, with its very simplistic points bluntly and carelessly brandished to
the point of exhaustion.
The most unfortunate thing about Rainbow’s Sunset is that it wastes the skills and
experience of legendary performers Garcia, Mabesa and Romero. Instead of giving
them characters who grapple with complex emotions given their very peculiar
circumstance, the film has them settle with the most elementary of emotions and
motives, with their respective characters limited to the usual tropes of melodrama.

The film has an awful lot of weeping, screaming and heated arguing, but none of the
scenes have the depth to really render any of the characters truly human.
Margarito A. Duavit memorial National high school

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