projectmanila:

RAKENROL
A 2008 Musical film directed by Quark Henares, starring Alwyn Uytingco, Glaiza de Castro, and Diether Ocampo.
Written by Diego Castillo & Quark Henares

Storyline from IMDB

Odie and his best friend Irene are two outsiders who find a second home in the Philippine underground music scene. The two decide to form a band and put together an unlikely crew that consists of the school bully, an ex-punk-turned-barista, and a former-childstar-turned-band-manager.

The film follows their misadventures as they face satanic S&M bands, samurai swindlers, narcissistic rockstars, the pretentious Philippine art community and the freakiest music video auteur ever.

Co-written by Diego Castillo, the guitarist of one of the Philippines’ biggest rock bands SANDWICH, and directed by multi-awarded music video director Quark Henares, Rakenrol is a heartfelt ode to the underground scene both filmmakers spent their formative years in.

Few qustions:

1. When and where is this showing?
2. Who’s coming with me?!?!

I hope this lives up to my expectations. Also, I love OPM. Not the mainstream, “let’s revive this recent chart topper”, “let’s make an acoustic version of this US hit”, type. The true written by the band/artist itself types. Like UDD, UDub, Archipelago, and you know the rest. I really want to see this. It looks like funnnn. :)