Deadline: What was the initial inspiration behind Your Mothers Son?
We were asking ourselves where is the tipping point?
Because it was obvious somethings wrong and yet wed become complacent.
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And yet we love our abusers, we put them in positions of power.
Lana:I recently made a film calledBig Nightthat tackled the drugs war although I didnt mention Duterte directly.
Thats the real tragedy.
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Deadline: Were you writing Your Mothers Son during the pandemic?
When did you shoot?
Lana:We were writing for almost a year and filmed in 2021.
I didnt want it to be about gender.
The insights Sue shared with me were really interesting and helped me to revise and polish the script.
Deadline: Was it important to make the main character a mother in the film?
Do mothers have a special role in Filipino society?
Lana:Definitely yes, the Philippines is a matriarchal society.
Are you making your films for a local or international audience?
Deadline: How do you finance your films?
This is our collective trauma as a nation.
Deadline: How healthy is the Philippines film industry right now?
Lana:Oh, its a struggle right now, especially now were getting out of the pandemic.
Its really sad that audiences havent returned to the cinemas to watch Filipino movies.
After all, this is an industry and can boost employment.
So weve recently had a lot of discussions about what we can do.
Deadline: What are you working on next?
Then were also developing some projects for Netflix and Amazon, both films and series, through our company.
