abbas orastami was, in general, a father. of this process, which is still ongoing.w we will talk about the cinema of the philippines and we will talk about the film called the woman who left, and directed by lav diaz this is the most famous filipino director at the moment, but before that, i just want to remember. e, how did the cinema of this country develop? the fact is that the philippines is an island state where more than 100 million people live on the seven thousand islands . but related to the fact that this country was for a long time dependent on the united states and did not have independence. and with the advent of ferdinand marcos. there it started violently develop economy and culture. true, in the year 72, hmm, marcas abolished the constitution, led an authoritarian rule that lasted until the year 86, but nevertheless, in the cinema of the philippines, a unexpectedly found its voice. it must be said again that filipino cinema followed hollywood's path , of course, and like any other regional one, and cinema for a long time concentrated on entertainment