IT seems like only yesterday when we interviewed Brillante "Dante" Mendoza and
took pictures of him on Cannes' famous Croisette last year. Now, we just learne
d the happy news that Dante is returning to Cannes this year but this time, his
entry, "Serbis," is in the major event -- the in-competition category. We are
so proud that another Pinoy filmmaker is following the Cannes path blazed by th
e late great Lino Brocka.
Dante is in great company. Just ponder the list of filmmakers whose films are a
lso in competition this year: Clint Eastwood, Charlie Kaufman, Wim Wenders, Wal
ter Salles, Atom Egoyan, Jia Zhangke, Steven Soderbergh and Arnaud Desplechin.
Mabuhay ka, Dante!
