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Nervous Translation

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A child who prefers to be by herself also longs to be heard.

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Matt Turner Little White Lies 04/05/2019
4/5
An intelligent and idiosyncratic film that lands on the skin, then lingers in the mind. Go to Full Review Peter Bradshaw Guardian 04/04/2019
3/5
As a slice of life, as a direct transcription of a child's-eye view of the world, it is intriguingly and lovingly detailed. Go to Full Review Clarence Tsui The Hollywood Reporter 03/19/2018
Tracking a second-grader's eccentric efforts to perceive the chaotic circumstances whirling around her, Shireen Seno has teased a piece of contemplative cinema out of a restless child's play. Go to Full Review Panos Kotzathanasis Asian Movie Pulse 12/01/2019
Children perceive the world in a very different fashion that grownups do, and this is one of the main points of the film, as indicated by the surrealist element that briefly appears in the story. Go to Full Review MaryAnn Johanson Flick Filosopher 04/16/2019
4/5
Shireen Seno's portrait of a remarkably imaginative and self-contained child at a specifically 1980s Filipino moment is full of both charming whimsy and a delicately observed, melancholy universality. Go to Full Review Hannah Paveck Another Gaze 04/02/2019
Nervous Translation continually reminds us of the limits and partiality of its child perspective, even as it presents glimpses of Val's own interiority. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Shireen Seno

Director

Nafa Hilario-Cruz

Actor

Jana Agoncillo

Actor

Shireen Seno

Screenwriter

Ronald Arguelles

Executive Producer

John Torres

Producer

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Nervous Translation

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Movie Info

Synopsis A child who prefers to be by herself also longs to be heard.
Director
Shireen Seno
Producer
John Torres
Screenwriter
Shireen Seno
Production Co
Cinema One Originals
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Filipino
Runtime
1h 30m