MARIFE Necesito, who landed an important role in “Mammoth,” which stars Academy and Golden Globe Award nominee, Michelle Williams, and acclaimed actor Gael Garcia Bernal, shared with us the link to the trailer of her international film (posted on the bottom of this blog). “Mammoth” is the first English-language film of Swedish writer-director Lukas Moodysson.
As we reported earlier, in “Mammoth,” Marife plays Gloria, a mother of two sons who leaves the Philippines to work as the nanny of the daughter (Sophie Nyweide) of a successful New York couple, played by Gael and Michelle. When Gael’s businessman character goes to Thailand, he realizes that he wants to change his life. This development sets off a dramatic chain of events that impact the characters of Marife, Michelle and Sophie.
Marife informed us that she filmed her scenes in New York, Sweden and the Philippines, specifically in Subic and Bataan. The trailer of the film prominently features Marife, including an emotional scene where she speaks in Tagalog to her two sons on the phone. The two sons are also shown on a beach in the Philippines, as shot by Lukas’ cinematographer, Marcel Zyskind, whose credits include Angelina Jolie’s “A Mighty Heart.”
Marife shared that she had to dub a few of her lines in a dubbing studio in Makati. She also told us via e-mail that in anticipation of the film’s release early next year, she is doing phone interviews with the Swedish press, as arranged by Memfis Film, one of the production companies involved in the making of “Mammoth.”
The Filipina actress added that Lukas is still making final editing work on “Mammoth.” Lukas is the highly praised filmmaker of films like “Lilja 4-ever,” “Show Me Love” and “Together.” Lukas, who made the final decision to pick Marife for the part, was hailed by his esteemed compatriot, the late Ingmar Bergman, as a “young master.”
Marife said she enjoyed working with Michelle, whose credits include Ang Lee’s “Brokeback Mountain,” and Gael, the Mexican thespian who’s enjoying a sterling international career with such films as “Babel,” “The Motorcycle Diaries” and “Amores Perros.”
Here’s the link to the trailer.
December 31st, 2008 at 7:58 am
why sound so negative? are you saying that being a housemaid is a degrading job? don’t you think they have dreams? they have plans in life?
who do you like best? the tambay in front of the sari-sari store, not doing anything to better their life. or those, like the housemaids, that works, legal and moral, hard to have a better life?
i have a maid that works hard and in exchange i send her to college. once she’s finish with college she can have a different life. she has goals and plans to have a better life. isn’t it better? to do everything in your power, legal and moral, to reach your goal? and not be too choosy? not be stagnant and give up?
oh and the movie is about a Filipina getting into an international film. isn’t that something?
December 27th, 2008 at 3:24 pm
is this something to be proud of?? glorifying a filipina for being a housemaid??
BEING A HOUSEMAID SHOULD NOT BE A REASON TO DEMEAN OTHER PEOPLE.
EVEN HOW INOPPORTUNE OTHER PEOPLE’S WAY OF LIVING,THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE HONOURED AND RESPECTED!!
December 26th, 2008 at 5:26 pm
hahahahaha… ganyan talaga ang pinoy, basta’t maging part ng isang pelikula kasehodang housemaid ang papel sa pelikula, basta’t gawa ng PUTI ay ipag-sisigawan sa buong mundo na INTERNATIONAL actress na!.
December 26th, 2008 at 1:13 pm
@ren:
Definitely, yes.
Though ‘many’ have looked down at this profession, being a housemaid is something worth being proud of just like any other professions. And with a Filipina being a housemaid, what’s wrong with it?
@Mammoth, the movie:
Great movie! Hopefully, it’ll be shown in theaters here in the Philippines. And hopefully, it’ll make ‘others’ realize how noble and worthy of the Pinoy’s Pride Marife Necesito’s performance for the movie and the profession of being a housemaid. ^_^
December 22nd, 2008 at 12:47 pm
and what’s wrong with that? are you saying that filipinos should only be portrayed as doctors, engineers or rich socialites? and other than that is not something to be proud of? i guess we are all drowned with our insecurities. Jennifer Lopez played the role of a Mexican hotel maid in Maid of Honor, and there was nothing wrong with that because its reality. people should be proud of the fact that a lot of us here in abroad are working all types of job, regardless of how much we earn.. as long as its an honest one.