10,000 Hours (film)

March 2023 March 2023 10,000 Hours 10,000 Hours poster.jpg Theatrical release poster Bb. Joyce Bernal Neil Arce Nikolo Juban Lope V. Juban Jr. Boy 2 Quizon Vic del Rosario Jr. Rylla Epifania Berico Keiko Aquino Neil Arce Peter Serrano Bela Padilla Joyce Bernal Robin Padilla Teresa Barrozo Marissa Floirendo Gilberto Vistan Marya Ignacio Joyce Bernal N2 Pictures Philippine Film Studios GMA FilmsViva Films 2013 12 25 107 minutes Philippines Filipino 10,000 Hours is a 2013 Filipino action thriller film co-edited and directed by Joyce E. Bernal. The film stars Robin Padilla as a Philippine senator forced to go on the run. The film was released by Viva Films on December 25, 2013, as an official entry of the 39th Metro Manila Film Festival, where it won 14 awards, including Best Picture, Best Director (for Bernal), and Best Actor (for Padilla). Plot In 2010, Senator Gabriel Alcaraz prepares a privilege speech revealing details of a corruption scandal at the highest levels of the government, implicating President Genoviva Obrero. However, on the day he is supposed to deliver the speech at the Senate, a close ally, NBI director San Juan, is assassinated while trying to warn him of a plan to arrest him. Undaunted, Alcaraz leaves his family and slips out of the Senate complex just as a police detail led by his old colleague, Director Dante Cristobal, move in to serve the warrant. He heads to Ninoy Aquino International Airport, but knowing that the police are waiting for him there, slips out of the country aboard a ship with help from TV reporter Maya Limchauco and an associate of the San Juan. He arrives in Amsterdam, where Isabelle Manahan, a Filipino expatriate who works with the UN, shelters the senator but discourages him against contacting his loved ones back home; the family falls into despair from the backlash over his escape. Flashbacks over the course of the film reveal that Alcaraz, Cristobal and San Juan were partners in the police force, who were assigned in 1986 to rescue Manahan who was then kidnapped by an erring judge. A police informer, Sebastian Jago, helped in saving Manahan. The judge is arrested but ten years later, he tried to kill Alcaraz and his family for being the source of his woes; Alcaraz actually killed him in self-defense. Now hiding in the Netherlands, Jago is sought by Alcaraz to come home and clear his name, using a picture of his daughter and newborn grandson as encouragement. The authorities alert Interpol about Alcaraz and gradually zero in on his location. The discovery of his whereabouts triggers his wife's stroke as Cristobal and Limchauco separately fly to the Netherlands to find him. Manahan provides Alcaraz and Jago with separate tickets to fly back to the Philippines. Limchauco successfully helps Alcaraz avoid Cristobal and the Dutch police, but upon revealing herself as a daughter of the judge, wants to kill him instead to avenge her father's death. Alcaraz convinces her to get the whole story from Manahan and help Jago as he comes clean back in the Philippines. Approximately 10,000 hours - one year, one month, and one week - after leaving the Philippines, Alcaraz flies back by private plane and reunites with his family. He plays over Maya's news show an audiotape Jago preserved for years, which names many corrupt government officials. However, nearly all of them are dead under various circumstances while a petty thug kills Jago in his cell and is subsequently silenced by a prison guard. The police chief, who hired the thug and the prison guard, tells President Obrero that another of the named officials is about to die of a stroke. Cast Main cast Robin Padilla as Sen. Gabriel Molino Alcaraz Alden Richards as young Gabriel Michael de Mesa as Dir. Dante Cristobal Joem Bascon as young Dante Bela Padilla as Maya Limchauco Supporting cast Pen Medina as Sebastian Jago Mylene Dizon as Anna Carla Humphries as Isabelle Manahan Bibeth Orteza as Pres. Genoviva Obrero Cholo Barretto as Benjo Alcaraz Ejay Falcon as Gabriel's son Development The film's plot draws inspiration from Philippine Senator Panfilo Lacson's controversial flight in 2010 as he was about to be arrested over the 2000 Dacer-Corbito double murder case. He said the production team paid him an unknown sum for the film rights and let him choose the lead actor and director for the project. However, he claims additional details behind his escape will be available in a book he is writing.http://entertainment.inquirer.net/127411/lacson-says-film-basically-fictional Lacson says film basically fictional | Inquirer Entertainment Entertainment.inquirer.net December 29, 2013 February 3, 2014 Bernal herself landed the project after passing up directorial duties for two other co-entries - My Little Bossings and Kimmy Dora: Ang Kiyemeng Prequel. The movie was shot at the premises of NAIA Terminal 3 and the Philippine Senate, with footage from the security cameras integrated into the cinematography. The Amsterdam scenes included shooting inside the Schiphol International Airport. A number of Filipino expatriates in Amsterdam were recruited for the shoot. Critical reception The film got mostly positive reviews. Maridol Ranoa-Bismark of Yahoo! Philippines said the film was relevant considering the current political climate in the PhilippinesMaridol Rañoa-Bismark http://ph.omg.yahoo.com/blogs/say-cheese/review-10-000-hours-timely-today-headlines-054440514.html Review: 10,000 Hours as timely as today's headlines | Say Cheese! - Yahoo Celebrity Philippines Ph.omg.yahoo.com January 2, 2014 February 3, 2014 while Fred Hawson of ABS-CBN News praised the movie's technical aspects that shone to the quality of foreign films.Hawson Fred Review: Why '10,000 Hours' won 39th MMFF http://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/12/28/13/review-why-10000-hours-won-39th-mmff https://web.archive.org/web/20160310042017/http://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/12/28/13/review-why-10000-hours-won-39th-mmff dead March 10, 2016 ABS CBN News January 2, 2014 On the other hand, Carl Joe Javier of GMA Network claims the movie cherry-picked social issues without focusing on them clearly.http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/342028/lifestyle/reviews/movie-review-a-lack-of-vision-in-10-000-hours Movie review: A lack of vision in '10,000 Hours' | Lifestyle | GMA News Online Gmanetwork.com January 1, 2014 February 3, 2014 Accolades The movie brought home 14 of the 17 awards up for grabs at the 39th Metro Manila Film Festival including the Best Picture and Best Actor awards.http://www.interaksyon.com/article/77577/ping-lacson-biopic-10000-hours-bags-most-awards-in-this-years-mmff Ping Lacson biopic '10,000 Hours' bags most awards in this year's MMFF InterAksyon.com December 27, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20140131094009/http://www.interaksyon.com/article/77577/ping-lacson-biopic-10000-hours-bags-most-awards-in-this-years-mmff January 31, 2014 deadBlanco Eunice http://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2013/12/28/1272767/robin-padilla-10000-hours-win-big-2013-mmff-awards-night Robin Padilla, '10,000 Hours' win big at the 2013 MMFF Awards Night | Entertainment, News, The Philippine Star philstar.com December 28, 2013 February 3, 2014http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2013/12/28/1272821/10000-hours-tops-mmff-2013-awards '10,000 Hours' tops MMFF 2013 awards | Headlines, News, The Philippine Star philstar.com December 28, 2013 February 3, 2014Dumaual Miguel '10,000 Hours' is runaway winner at 39th MMFF http://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/12/27/13/39th-mmff-winners-named https://web.archive.org/web/20160310213740/http://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/12/27/13/39th-mmff-winners-named dead March 10, 2016 ABS CBN News December 29, 2013http://www.filmbiz.asia/news/10000-hours-sweeps-metro-manila-awards 10,000 Hours sweeps Metro Manila awards Filmbiz.asia December 28, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131228112212/http://www.filmbiz.asia/news/10000-hours-sweeps-metro-manila-awards December 28, 2013 deadhttp://www.pep.ph/photos/4300/10000-hours-wins-big-at-2013-metro-manila-film-fest-awards 10,000 Hours wins big at 2013 MMFF Awards | Gallery PEP.ph February 3, 2014 Year Category Recipient Result 2013 Best Picture 10,000 Hours Best Director Joyce Bernal Best Actor Robin Padilla Best Actress Bela Padilla Best Supporting Actor Pen Medina Best Screenplay Best Original Story Best Cinematography Best Editing Marya Ignacio Best Production Design Best Visual Effects Best Musical Score Teresa Barrozo Best Sound Engineering Emmanuel Clemente Gatpuno Antonio J. Villegas Cultural Awards 10,000 Hours Fernando Poe Jr. Memorial Award for Excellence 2014Film Actor of the Year"Complete List of Winners: 45th Guillermo Mendoza Box-Office Entertainment Awards 2014". The Summit Express. Retrieved May 19, 2014.Robin Padilla See also Ping Lacson: Super Cop References External links 2995148 10,000 Hours Category:2013 films Category:2013 Philippine films Category:2013 action thriller films Category:2010s political action films Category:2010s political thriller films Category:2013 Filipino-language films Category:Filipino-language action thriller films Category:Filipino-language political thriller films Category:Films directed by Joyce Bernal Category:Films scored by Teresa Barrozo Category:Films set in Amsterdam Category:Films set in Metro Manila Category:Films shot in Amsterdam Category:Films shot in Metro Manila Category:Philippine action thriller films Category:Philippine political thriller films Category:Robin Padilla films