17th New York Asian Film Festival

Jun 29 - Jul 15, 2018

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Photo: Courtesy of Strawdog Studio Production

World Premiere

We Will Not Die Tonight

Seaman-turned-production designer Richard Somes celebrates his tenth year as a film director with this homage to Walter Hill's The Warriors. It reunites him with star Erich Gonzales (Mariposa in the Cage of Night), here reinventing her pristine image as underappreciated and underpaid stuntwoman Kray who takes on one last job with her former gang only to be trapped in a hellish underworld. Shot in just 8 days, this pure genre piece is driven by a raw energy as Kray defends herself from endless hordes of bloodthirsty avengers, armed with every sharp and blunt object to hand.

Director: Richard Somes
Cast: Jeffrey Tam, Thou Reyes, Paolo Paraiso, Sarah Abad, Max Eigenmann, Erich Gonzales
Languages: Filipino with English subtitles
2018; 110 min.; DCP

SCHEDULE:

Friday June 29, 10:00pm
Film Society of Lincoln Center

Director Richard Somes will be in attendance

Richard Somes

Richard Somes moved to Manila to study, only to work part-time as a props man on Erik Matti's Scorpio Nights 2 (1999). He soon became the Philippines' most in-demand art director and production designer, breathing life into Matti's Prosti (2002) and Gagamboy (2004), Mac Alejandre's Ang Panday (2009) and Dodo Dayao's Violator (2014). He founded Strawdogs Studio Production in 2007 to direct his first feature, horror Affliction/Yanggaw (2008), a retelling of the aswang mythology. He has continued to make diverse genre films with female protagonists including Erich Gonzales-starrers Mariposa in the Cage of the Night (2002) and We Will Not Die Tonight (2018).