''Barber's Tales'' ( Filipino: ''Mga Kuwentong Barbero'') is a 2013 Filipino drama film by Jun Robles Lana. The film stars Eugene Domingo as Marilou, a widow who is forced to take her late husband's job as community barber during the end of Marcos era. The film is the follow up to Lana's film '' Bwakaw'' and second of a trilogy focused on the small-town life in the Philippines. The film had its world premiere and competed at the 2013 Tokyo International Film Festival, where it won the Best Actress Award for Eugene Domingo's performance. The film had its commercial release in the Philippines on August 13, 2014.

Synopsis

''Barber's Tales'' is set in the rural town in the Philippines during the Marcos dictatorship, and tells the story of newly widowed Marilou ( Eugene Domingo) who inherits the town's only barbershop from her husband- a business that has been passed down by generations of men in her husband's family. With no other means of support, she musters the courage to run the barbershop. But as to be expected, she fails to attract any customers. But a touching act of kindness she extended to Rosa, a prostitute who works in the town brothel, leads to an unexpected opportunity. Rosa, who now considers Marilou a friend, urges her prostitute friends to pressure their male clientele into patronizing Marilou's barbershop. The men have no choice but to grudgingly oblige out of fear that Rosa will expose their infidelity to their wives.

Cast

* Eugene Domingo as Marilou * Daniel Fernando as Jose * Eddie Garcia as Father Arturo *

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as Rosa * Shamaine Buencamino as Tess *Nicco Manalo as Edmond * Gladys Reyes as Susan * Noni Buencamino as Mayor Alfredo Bartolome * Iza Calzado as Cecilia *

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as guerilla leader (cameo appearance)

Awards and nominations

*2013 Tokyo International Film Festival ** Best Actress ( Eugene Domingo) ** Nominated–Tokyo Sakura Grand Prix * 2014 Asian Film Awards ** Nominated–Best Actress (Eugene Domingo) *2014 Udine Far East Film Festival ** 3rd Place - Audience Award

References

External links

* 2013 films 2013 drama films Philippine New Wave Philippine drama films Films directed by Jun Robles Lana {{Philippines-film-stub