If you have time and the penchant for watching movies that are off center, please drop by the UP Film Center and check out the premiere for Lav Diaz's Hesus Rebolusyonaryo this afternoon at 3pm:

It is the year 2011, the government is ruled by a military junta. The Philippines has been under a state of martial law for a number of years. The economy is dead and the country's future is uncertain. The situation had seen the birth of an underground rebellion that hopes to regain power over the government and restore freedom.

This is the story of Hesus Mariano, a young and idealistic revolutionary who is acknowledged as one of the best in what he does.
Forming the core of rebel leader Miguel Reynante's best cell. Hesus and his companions are the masters in pushing for a radical change in society, whether through education, economics or violence.

Off the top of my head, I cannot remember seeing a futuristic Pinoy film. This isn't science fiction or anything close to it, it reads more like a post-apocalyptic treatise on society. A symposium with the director follows the screening. Lav Diaz previously directed Kriminal ng Baryo Concepcion, Burger Boys, Hubad sa Ilalim ng Buwan, and the five-hour movie on the Filipino experience in America Batang Westside.