Kubrador (The Bet Collector)

by Jeffrey Jeturian

Drama | 1 hr 38 min | 2006 | Philippines

Language: Filipino
Subtitles: English

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SYNOPSIS

Revolves around ”jueteng”, the game of numbers dating back to the Philippines” Spanish colonial period (1521-1898). It chronicles three days in the life of Amelita, a jueteng kubrador or bet collector. Despite the regular crackdown on this illegal game, she continues to collect bets from her regular patrons every day. On the third day, a holiday, she takes a break from work and visits the grave of her soldier son who perished in war–It is All Saint’s Day. One day she is apprehended by the police. She joins the other kubradors in the police station until their handler bails them out. The following morning, Amelita returns to the streets and continues her clandestine activity. She meets the parish priest who informs her of a young neighbor”s sudden death in an accident. He asks her to collect donations from neighbors and friends. But then, a series of events turns her mundane existence into a perplexing game of life, luck and death.

FESTIVALS AND AWARDS

Best Film Winner, Cinefan - Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema 2006
FIPRESCI Prize, Cinefan - Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema 2006
Best Picture Nominee, FAP Awards 2007
Best Director Nominee, FAP Awards 2007
Best Screenplay Nominee, FAP Awards 2007
Best Actress Winner, Amiens International Film Festival 2006 (Gina Pareño)
NETPAC Award Winner, Brisbane International Film Festival 2007
Lino Brocka Award Winner, Cinemanila International Film Festival 2006
Best Picture Nominee, FAMAS Awards 2007
Best Director Nominee, FAMAS Awards 2007
Best Story Nominee, FAMAS Awards 2007
Best Editing Nominee, FAMAS Awards 2007
Best Film of the Decade (Natatanging Pelikula ng Dekada) Winner, Gawad Urian Awards 2011
Best Picture Winner, Gawad Urian Awards 2007
Best Direction Winner, Gawad Urian Awards 2011
Best Actress Winner, Gawad Urian Awards 2011 (Gina Pareño)
FIPRESCI Prize, Moscow International Film Festival 2006
Golden St. George Jeffrey Nominee, Moscow International Film Festival 2006
Digital Movie of the Year, Star Awards for Movies 2007
Youth Jury Award - Special Mention, Valladolid International Film Festival 2006
Best Actress Winner, Brussels International Independent Film Festival 2006 (Gina Pareño)
Best Motion Picture - Drama Winner, Golden Screen Awards 2007
Best Director Winner, Golden Screen Awards 2007
Best Editing Winner, Golden Screen Awards 2007
Best Original Screenplay Winner, Golden Screen Awards 2007
Best Achievement in Cinematography and Visual Design Nominee, Young Critics Circle 2007

ABOUT THE FILMMAKER

Jeffrey Jeturian, a communication arts product of the University of the Philippines, started as a production assistant for Marilou Diaz Abaya’s Alyas Baby Tsina (1984). His film carreer includes script supervisor, production designer, television director and as film director. His first two films, Sana pag-ibig na (1998) (Enter Love) and _Pila-balde (2000)_ (Fetch a Pail of Water) are both critically acclaimed. Pila-balde bagged a round of overseas honors – Gold Prize, 2000 Houston-Worldfest (Texas, USA) International Film Festival; NETPAC Jury Prize, 1999 Cinemanila International Film Festival; exhibition in Lincoln Center in the United States as well as in other countries such as Sweden, Germany, France, Bangladesh, Canada, Hong Kong, Singapore, Colombia, Czech Republic, Slovak Republic and Italy. Variety, the United States’ entertainment bible, carried in its recent issue a feature on Jeffrey. His third film, Larger Than Life (2001), is also award-winning.

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