Norte, the End of History

Norte, the End of History

2014 · 250 min · TL · NR · 7.4 (65 votes)
Dir. Lav Diaz · Starring Sid Lucero, Angeli Bayani, Archie Alemania, Soliman Cruz, Hazel Orencio, Mae Paner

“Unravelling at the speed of life.”

CrimeDrama

An embittered law student commits a brutal double murder; a family man takes the fall and is forced to take a harsh sentence; and a mother and her two children wander the countryside in search of some kind of redemption.

VIBE

This sprawling epic feels like a philosophical treatise disguised as a crime drama. It’s a deliberate, often bleak exploration of justice, fate, and societal decay that demands patience and rewards deep thought.

philosophicalcontemplativebleakintrospectiveslow-burnarthouserealistpolitical dramajusticefatesocietal decayapathy
double murderpunishmentrevengewrongful convictioncrime spreegovernment corruption