if "ang pagdadalaga ni maximo oliveros" indulges us to the harsh realities of living in the slums,yet its sweet melancholy for falling in love brings us to our senses of living in the age that desperately fights a battle against tersely concocted meg ryan-tom hanks,drew barrymore-adam sandler-slightly inane happy endings, "ang lihim ni antonio" is something else.
in an age where "macho" is the thing,and badings are viewed as wreckages to the machismo of growing up, antonio(Kenji Garcia) comes into terms with his sexuality when an inuman session during a caroling lead to a sexual intrusion between him and his bud, nathan. the early part of the movie shows the latter denying having contact with gays thus giving the viewer a hint of his sexual preference. the two never got along after, while mike(jhiro manio), remained antonio's bestfriend.
jhiro manio's innocent curisoty over manhood and sexual preference cleverly, yet intellegently showed during the buds conversation at a scene shot in marikina river banks. lines such as "...eh sinong lalake? sinong tsumupa...? ngresearch pla k jn..ung ibang bakla dw>>>//while antonio never really denied, nor confirmed what happened during that night, he is starting to be troubled.
things doesnt look that good back home too.viewers never really get to see tha dad whom her mom(Shamaine Buencamino-rememeber carmen and bert? sia un.lupet pla nia) keeps on calling thru a celphone.apparently, the head of the family is abroad, and can't and will never be home for reasons viewers can only guess.
although the scenes' surfaces remain calm and collected, one can sense a brewing catastrophe when antonio's uncle jonbert(Josh Ivan Morales)came for a visit. the guy becomes the boy's obsession. antonio keeps his gender identity a secret from the uncle, although the uncle, being a hedonist, knows how to seduce the kid.
the movie climaxed to the uncle raping antonio by forcing him to do annal sex. antonio's mom arrived to he son's screams of pain thus starting the wave of chaos.in her rage, terre stabbed him with a kitchen knife.
terre never really got back to herself after the incident. to cover-up for the crime, antonio told authorities that he had killed his uncle. now that killed me.
the movie is more than just a flick about coming of age and gender analysis. sacrifice could defy the bounds of gender. no one could really speak who is innocent, and who is guilty. sometimes, the macho thing are not done by the macho guy.
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