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The Rapture of Fe(2009)
Status: Released
Date: 2009-10-09
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3 Votes
Time: 1h 18m
Overview:
Fe returns home to the Philippines after several years of working overseas, her job a victim of global economic shifts. Fe is initially greeted with affection by her husband Dante, but he has a long history of domestic violence fueled by rage and long-term impotence, and Fe quickly discovers her time away has not changed him. Dante works in a factory making baskets, and Fe soon joins him there; she becomes the lover of Arturo, the man who manages the basket company, but while Arturo treats her well, he's still under the thumb of his father who owns the factory. Meanwhile, an unknown admirer sends her parcels of strange black fruit on a regular basis. Torn between two men who cannot give her what she needs and wants, Fe's frustration leads to take desperate steps to establish her independence.
Languages: Tagalog.
Countries:
Philippines
ProductionCompanies: 
Women's Crisis Center
Vim Yapan/Alem Chua Productions
Movie: The Rapture of Fe
Top 10 Billed Cast
Irma Adlawan
Fe
TJ Trinidad
Arturo
Nonie Buencamino
Dante
Joel Molina
Kapre
Mercedes Cabral
Gie
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Overview
Fe returns home to the Philippines after several years of working overseas, her job a victim of global economic shifts. Fe is initially greeted with affection by her husband Dante, but he has a long history of domestic violence fueled by rage and long-term impotence, and Fe quickly discovers her time away has not changed him. Dante works in a factory making baskets, and Fe soon joins him there; she becomes the lover of Arturo, the man who manages the basket company, but while Arturo treats her well, he's still under the thumb of his father who owns the factory. Meanwhile, an unknown admirer sends her parcels of strange black fruit on a regular basis. Torn between two men who cannot give her what she needs and wants, Fe's frustration leads to take desperate steps to establish her independence.
Release Date
2009-10-09
Average
6.7
Rating:
3.4 startsTagline
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