DAHLING NICK

SYNOPSIS

A biopic on National Artist for Literature Nick Joaquin, moving from his formative years as an avid young reader to his evolution into journalistic writing in his later years.

Directed by Sari Dalena

NOMINATIONS

Best Documentary, Gawad Urian
Best Picture, Cinema One Originals
Best Director, Cinema One Originals
Best Actor, Cinema One Originals
Best Production Design, Cinema One Originals

“Dahling Nick is one of the most powerful biopic films we have in Philippine Cinema; it destroys subversion in literature and politics down to a most personal level. It halts all of his masterpieces into a tight-fitting fascination organized seriously to capture his influence with emerging power, gentle and suave.”
Kenneth Borlon, Film Police Reviews

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