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Silip: Daughters of Eve |  | Director: Elwood Perez
Actors: Sarsi Emmanuelle, Mark Joseph, Maria Isabel Lopez, Myrna Manibog
Studio: EMI Music Distribution (Pre-Release)
Category: DVD
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Rating:  17 reviews
Sales Rank: 19223
Format: Color, DVD, Limited Edition, NTSC, Original recording remastered, Widescreen
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Unrated
Region: 1
Discs: 2
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Running Time: 125 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: RKOD601339D
UPC: 843276013394
EAN: 0843276013394
ASIN: B000WMFZRO
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
Release Date: November 20, 2007
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Studio: Wea-des Moines Video Release Date: 09/23/2008
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 17
 for viewers who want offbeat and bizarre August 16, 2010
Carlos Lopez Jr. (The Metroplex)
The semi-low rating this product receives is due to the ignorance of the buyer. They read no description but were automatically engaged by the cover art. Talk about superficial.
This movie is indeed, unclassifiable as a whole. There are desert island scenes that are reminiscent to Jodorowsky's masterpieces(notably El Topo / Holy Mountain). I had never known of Pinky Violence, the sub-genre, to be outside of Japan, but Silip dares to go there, like other places the majority of people would rather not see or hear of. Quien Puede Matar a un Nino also comes to mind. These children are far more sinister than anything portrayed in the aforementioned "Who Can Kill a Child?" There's drama entwined with some hardcore sexploitation / sexual tension. The actors made a serious commitment to their work. On that not of seriousness - the dubbed version is very laughable. I had seen the voice-overed firstly, and walked away thinking it was a comedy. It became camp through the bastardization. On a second watch with subtitles... It is evident that this is extreme arthouse with a definite serious flare. I simply love this movie and it gets my 4 stars - actually 5, to balance out the 1 star rating of certain reviewers who have no right to cause a well done film look unappealing through the ratings system.
YES. There is violence in sex. Rape. Gang rape.
YES. There is what some my consider mild pedophilia.
YES. Innocents are sentenced to a horrible demise
YES. An Ox is graphically beat with an axe, then slaughtered within the intro.
Know these things before you purchase this DVD. Kudos, Mondo Macabro.
Amazing film June 6, 2009
Christopher R. Travers (Chelan, WA)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
I found this movie to be quite unerotic, but very thought-provoking despite the nudity, sexual subject matter, and graphic sex. This evaluation is borne out on both the good and bad reviews of this movie so it is worth stating up front. Those looking for a porn flick should look elsewhere.
The movie opens with the slaughter of an ox, called a carabao while onlooking children cry and beg Simon to let the ox live. Simon responds that all of them will be fed by the ox, and that they can protest as much as they want but they will discover soon enough how cruel life can be. This scene sets the feel for the movie: gritty, brutal, rough, and at the same time human.
The movie follows three psychologically damaged women through stories regarding their approaches towards sexuality and sexual trauma in their past. Tanya (played by Maria Isabel Lopez) suffers from extreme sexual repression and fear, while the other two find various sexual outlets. The story involves a great deal of religious repression misogyny, etc. It is not a movie for the faint of heart.
The cinematography is great and the acting ranges from extremely good to not very good. The story is thought-provoking. Highly recommended.
 the movie sucks!!! May 19, 2009
F. francisco (carson ca, usa)
1 out of 11 found this review helpful
the movie itself is very lame, the story sucks!!! unnecessary violence, its not good at all. the gals are pretty that's about it.
 Silip: Daughters of Eve April 7, 2009
Micchael F. Dassau (Worcester, MA USA)
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
Intriguing film from the Philippines. Lots of female nudity and simulated sex scenes. However, I was a little disappointed with the ending.
essential PI bold October 30, 2008
John Smith (Astoria OR)
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
In the Philippines, "bold" films are films that show a lot of skin. SILIP is one of the boldest of the bold. SILIP has nudity and violence galore. The opening scene, the real slaughter of a carabao with an ax, hints at what's coming. The dvd has both the original Tagalog version with English subtitles and an English dubbed version. The original with the mesmerizing soundtrack is superior.
SILIP ("peeping" in Tagalog) is a difficult film to categorize. At first glance, it looks like exploitative drive-in fare. Then the film gets under your skin. Is it saying something about the church? Is it sexist? Look at the barren landscape and all the blue. Is the blue supposed to simulate night or some twisted Garden of Eden? What's with the carabao, dunes, and writhing nudity? I'm struggling with two possible interpretations. Either SILIP is a polemic about the unnatural strictures placed upon women by men and the church, or a satire of rural life in the Philippines.
Other reviews have focused on the film's sex and violence. Both the violence and sex are jaw dropping, but the film's acerbic humor signals there's more in the film than just sex and violence. Check out the caricatured American tourist that tries to have sex with everything that moves. Then there's the scenes where everyone in town crowds around to watch the foreigner eat, and all the women in the family pile into one bed to sleep.
Mondo Macabro is to be commended. I've been limping along with a VHS version, dubbed into English with Chinese subtitles. The dvd has some minor flaws, but is a vast improvement of the previous versions in circulation. The extras include an interview with Maria Isobel Lopez. She's articulate and still a stunner. My main beef is the subtitles, obviously done by a foreigner. It would have been better to use a native speaker to avoid the preaching and occasional jarring interjection of "bloody" into the translation.
If you like something different, and can deal with outrageous commentary on life, death, sex, religion, and everything, SILIP is worth a look.
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