Illusion
- Original title
- Ilusyon
- Year
- 2005
- Running time
- 100 min.
- Country
- Philippines
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Yul Servo
- J.C. Parker
- Jennifer Lee
- Ronnie Lazaro
- Bella Flores
- Bituin Escalante
- Archie Adamos
- Raul Morit
- Gary Rada
- Boots Anson-Roa
- Anita Linda
- Tetchie Agbayani
- Jao Mapa
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Drama
- Synopsis
- Set in Philippine post-American colonialist era, where the American influence was still apparent, Ilusyon tells the story of Miguel, a young man from the countryside, who decides to visit his father, Pablo, a Modernist painter in Manila. Upon his arrival, he discovers that his father has decided to leave for the province but he opted to stay in Manila for a vacation. One day, he meets Stella, a nude model originally scheduled to pose for Miguel's father. Struck by her beauty, Miguel does the unthinkable - he pretends to be his father the painter. Developing a relationship based on a lie, things turn for the worse as Stella begets a strange skin disease that turns off Miguel. Surrounded by strange characters - a talking cow, a talkative mailman and a nosy landlady - Miguel is driven into a frenzy realization about beauty, lust, love and being true to oneself. An ambiguous ending underlines the surreal tone of the film.
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