简介：Anengkanto,orencanto,isanoften-malignspiritdwellingintheFilipinocountryside,althoughinDeathintheLandofEncantos,someofthemhavemigratedtoeasternEuropeasexiles.Theirhumancounterpartisthefilm’sprotagonist,Benjamin(“Hamin”)Agusan,apoetwhoreturnsfromyearsinRussiatosearchforthebodyofhisgirlfriendinthewakeofacatastrophictyphoonandlandslides.These2006disastersdevastatedtheBicolregionwhereDiaz’sfilmshavebeensetsinceEvolutionofaFilipinoFamily,killingthousands.Thisfilm,whichinauguratedDiaz’s“traumatrilogy,”includesdocumentaryfootageinanattempttorecordthesufferingofthelocalinhabitants. AFilipinopoetnamedBenjaminAgusan(RoederCamanag)isthehaplessnativewhoreturnstohishometownPadangtowitnesstheaftermathofthesupertyphoon.Forthepastsevenyears,BenjaminhadbeenlivinginanoldtowncalledKalugainRussia.Withhisgrantandresidency,hetaughtandconductedworkshopsinauniversity.Thepoetpublishedtwobooksofsadnessandlongingintheprocess.InRussia,Benjaminwasabletoshootvideocollages,fellinlovewithaSlavicbeauty,buriedason,andalmostwentmad.Hecamebacktoburyhisdead-father,mother,sisterandalover.HecamebacktofaceMountMayon,theragingbeautyandmuseofhisyouth.Hecamehometoconfrontthecountrythathesolovedandhated,thePhilippines.Hecamebacktodieinthelandofhisbirth.Hewandersaroundtheobliteratedvillagemeetingoldfriendsandlovers. http://www.baff-bcn.org/en/pelicula/d-cinema/death…