Will Your Heart Beat Faster?
(Kakabakaba Ka Ba?)
Mike De Leon
- 1980
- Philippines
- Comedy / Parody
- 1h46mn
- Original version with French subtitles
- Color
French premiere
New 4K restoration
Two couples are dragged into a criminal affaire against their will, pursued by Chinese and Japanese villains trying to retrieve a mysterious cassette.
Kakabakaba Ka Ba? is an anomaly in Mike de Leon’s filmography, and what an anomaly ! This improbable patchwork, that happily mixes noir film, vaudeville, culminating in a disco science fiction musical comedy, is the filmmaker’s wildest venture, with the assumed stupidity of its humor is only rivaled by the director's permanent inventivity. Beyond the savory referential nods- from The Blues Brothers to Batman - the Tintin like twist and turns, the very ZAZ absurd gags; the filmmaker lambasts hisgovernement, notably taking a poke at the Japanese and Chinese hold on the country’s affairs. Audacious and totally unclassifiable.
Credits
- With : Christopher De Leon, Charo Santos, Jay Ilagan, Sandy Andolong, Boboy Garovillo...
- Screenplay : Doy Del Mundo Jr., Raquel N. Villavicencio, Mike De Leon
- Photography : Rody Lacap
- Editing : Ike Jarlego Jr.
- Music by : Lorrie Illustre
- Production : Manuel De Leon, Encarnacion De Leon
