Jess Evardone

Jess Evardone

Movies for Jess Evardone...

Always
Title: Always
Released: September 28, 2022
Type: Movie
As the fates of an ex-boxer who closed his heart to the world and a spirited telemarketer who is slowly losing her vision intertwine, their pasts are revealed in a blooming relationship.
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Walker
Title: Walker
Released: August 27, 2022
Type: Movie
A dark and disturbing story about a family of sex workers…
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Huwag Kang Lalabas
Title: Huwag Kang Lalabas
Character: Mang Gorio (segment "Bahay")
Released: December 25, 2021
Type: Movie
Three stories of haunting secrets, folklore, and urban legends.
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Lockdown
Title: Lockdown
Released: July 23, 2021
Type: Movie
The struggles of a young man to survive the pandemic and the naked truth about the life he chose to live in.
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My Teacher Who Doesn't Know How to Read
Title: My Teacher Who Doesn't Know How to Read
Released: August 4, 2017
Type: Movie
When their teacher disappears, school children cradle guns in their arms instead of books.
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Moonlight Over Baler
Title: Moonlight Over Baler
Released: February 8, 2017
Type: Movie
Fidela, a freshly retired school teacher in Baler meets Kenji who is a young Japanese photojournalist. Kenji looks so much of her fiance who never returned after the World War II. The film is about two epic love stories that are four decades apart bound together by one unforgettable son, in one magical place.
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Iadya Mo Kami
Title: Iadya Mo Kami
Released: March 9, 2016
Type: Movie
Father Greg, a diocesan priest, is reassigned to a parish up in the mountains. He embarks on a mission to help solve the crime, a mission which leads him to the discovery of his own personal salvation.
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Sekyu
Title: Sekyu
Released: February 27, 2016
Type: Movie
A security guard jumps to the other side of the fence and turns to crime when his meager pay is not enough to keep his wife and children by his side. How far will he go to secure his future and what will he lose/gain on the way?
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Tila
Title: Tila
Released: November 3, 2014
Type: Movie
In a world where the rain never stops, illegal multivitamin supplements are all the rage and bulalo' is a most precious commodity, two people - a flood control worker and a call center agent who sells summer vacation packages abroad - meet and find a sens of intimate normalcy and unfamiliar ease in each other.
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The Guerilla is a Poet
Title: The Guerilla is a Poet
Character: Gen. Favian Ver
Released: September 18, 2013
Type: Movie
The tale of an activist’s journey during the turbulent years of Martial Law, until his capture in the mountains and the dark, nine years of imprisonment that followed, leading to his birth as a poet.
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Lihis
Title: Lihis
Released: September 11, 2013
Type: Movie
The film splits itself between two timelines. In 2006, Ada is basing her thesis on a massacre that occurred twenty years prior in a village called Acacia. Her mother Cecilia was part of a fact-finding mission into a massacre, and Ada’s inquiries bring up her history as a member of the NPA. The other timeline traces the relationship of Ka Felix and Ka Jimmy, two rebels who fall in love, despite the movement’s laws against such a pairing.
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Sana Dati
Title: Sana Dati
Character: Bong
Released: July 31, 2013
Type: Movie
Andrea Gonzaga is about to marry a man she doesn’t love when a mysterious guest arrives and suddenly reminds her of the man she truly loves.
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Steel is the Earth
Title: Steel is the Earth
Released: June 19, 2013
Type: Movie
Carlito is getting married. But he doesn't dare tell his parents. He also takes advantage of the safety of the bartering rural community from which he commutes back and forth to work.
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El Presidente
Title: El Presidente
Character: Severino delas Alas
Released: December 25, 2012
Type: Movie
The film begins with his capture by Philippine and US forces under Frederick Funston's command in 1901, then flashes back to 1886, when an old woman gives Aguinaldo and his childhood friend Candido Tirona cryptic prophecies. Ten years later, Aguinaldo is inducted into the Katipunan and later assumes leadership of its Cavite chapter while becoming mayor of Cavite El Viejo. When the trouble breaks out in Manila in late August 1896, Aguinaldo tries to assure the Spanish provincial government of non-interference and covertly marshals his forces despite a lack of weapons. Learning that the Spanish mostly put their forces in Manila, Aguinaldo finally mobilizes his troops and take the command of the Katipunan forces in Cavite
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Captive
Title: Captive
Character: Rolando Bayugo
Released: September 5, 2012
Type: Movie
A dozen foreigners are kidnapped by a terrorist group in the Philippines.
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Remington and the Curse of the Zombadings
Title: Remington and the Curse of the Zombadings
Character: Priest
Released: August 31, 2011
Type: Movie
A boy cursed to turn gay when he grows up must sort out his feelings for the girl he loves and the boy – his best friend – he is suddenly lusting after, come to terms with his homophobia, and escape a pscho gay killer on the loose.
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Shake, Rattle and Roll 12
Title: Shake, Rattle and Roll 12
Character: Simeon (segment "Punerarya")
Released: December 25, 2010
Type: Movie
The first episode "Mamanyiika" plays on the words "mama" and "manyika" which literally means "mother doll". The story of a possessed doll. The second episode, is the tale of three girls, one of them the apple of the eye of a terrible engkanto, who then captures the girl. Punerarya the third story, is a story of a tutor teaching the children of the ghoul entrepreneurs of a funeral parlor.
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Funerary
Title: Funerary
Character: Simeon
Released: December 25, 2010
Type: Movie
Being a tutor to the children of a local funeral parlor is hard work for Diane, though she needs to work hard for a living. Unknown to her, the children she tutors are the children of funerary owners who turn out to be cadaver-eating, shapeshifting cannibals starving for the innards of myriads of corpses.
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Two Funerals
Title: Two Funerals
Character: Candidate
Released: September 8, 2010
Type: Movie
After a horrific collision between a passenger bus and an 18-wheeler truck in Nueva Ecija claimed two dozen casualties, two families await the arrival of their dead.
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Soliloquy
Title: Soliloquy
Released: October 18, 2009
Type: Movie
A bus takes-off from urban Manila to the rural southeastern side of the country, carrying a group of mixed passengers from all walks of life, each one has a personal story to tell and they are telling it in their own voice. During the long journey, as the passengers mentally sort out their past & their future, things happen in the present, by choice or by providence, that make their journey memorable—the bus blows a tire, a song elicits tears, a butterfly causes commotion, a picture gets lost, someone's head is stoned, some hearts are broken, some mended. The bus ride poetizes the life journey and poses questions on issues of life and death and where exactly the line is drawn between free will and destiny.
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Ante
Title: Ante
Released: July 23, 2009
Type: Movie
LV and her family make their living by operating an illegal off track betting outlet. But things haven't been going well for them lately, and the future is uncertain with Sta. Ana Park closing down.
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The Pawnshop
Title: The Pawnshop
Character: Kanor
Released: July 18, 2009
Type: Movie
Follows the lives of four different people, each linked to the other by the house of business. Olivia, owner of the establishment, yearns for her late husband and denies the onset of old age. She lives with her appraiser Amy, a romantic who is doing almost everything for love. Kanor serves as the pawnshop security guard. He holds Olivia in high esteem for letting him and his wife stay in the apartment above the shop. Kanor opens his house to boarder David, a seaman in transit.
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Ranchero
Title: Ranchero
Released: July 11, 2008
Type: Movie
Ranchero unfolds in a small provincial jail in Rizal. It's about Ricardo whose last day in jail is today. He and his close friend Miyong work in the jail's kitchen. The two spent the whole morning talking about Ricardo's plans when he gets out of jail. After lunch, one of the kitchen knives went missing and this was brought to the attention of jail officials. Not only will this event affect food preparation in the jail's kitchen but also the lives of both of them.
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Balikbayan Box
Title: Balikbayan Box
Character: Boatswain
Released: August 8, 2007
Type: Movie
A story about three children struggling in a depressed neighborhood with their means of survival arriving from the package given to them by their parents who works abroad.
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Raket ni Nanay
Title: Raket ni Nanay
Character: Billboard Owner
Released: November 23, 2006
Type: Movie
Badong, an established painter, comes home and returns to his old studio. He has a piece in mind that requires a specific model to pose nude. He wants Mimosa, his former nude model and ex live-in partner. Years ago, Mimosa left him for another man.
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Summer Heat
Title: Summer Heat
Released: March 8, 2006
Type: Movie
The story is set in Guagua, Pampanga a decade after the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo which ravaged the province with lahar. It follows the lives of Rodolfo "Mang Rudy" Manansala, a woodcarver, and his three daughters and their relationships with the people close to them in the span of seven summers.
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The Bet Collector
Title: The Bet Collector
Character: Kahero
Released: January 11, 2006
Type: Movie
Middle-aged Manila storeowner Amelita supplements her tiny income by collecting bets for the popular numbers game of jueteng. While looking out for police crackdowns, the masterfully persuasive Amelita cajoles all comers into placing wagers.
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Fangs of Darkness
Title: Fangs of Darkness
Character: Ka dencio
Released: January 1, 2006
Type: Movie
Hukbalahaps in the forests are suddenly terrorized by an "aswang" who seems to be killing them one by one.
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Shake Rattle & Roll 2k5
Title: Shake Rattle & Roll 2k5
Character: Magsasaka (segment "Lihim ng San Joaquin")
Released: December 25, 2005
Type: Movie
The second installment of episodes from this classic horror series scares up even more screams than the first. In "Poso," a wealthy client tempts a hack occultist out of retirement. In "Aquarium," a family moves into their new home only to discover that the previous occupants left something terrible behind. And in "Lihim," a pregnant woman fears for the life of her unborn child.
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Mansyon
Title: Mansyon
Released: July 13, 2005
Type: Movie
A housemaid and a gardener take care of a large house while its owners are away. Days of tedium go by until a small accident sparks a series of discoveries.
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Masarap habang mainit
Title: Masarap habang mainit
Released: January 12, 2000
Type: Movie
Monay took care of her sisters in running a local bakery. Living with their disabled step-father, she has to be the sole provider for their family by all means...
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José Rizal
Title: José Rizal
Character: The Propagandist
Released: December 25, 1998
Type: Movie
Accused of treason, Dr. Jose P. Rizal awaits trial and meets with his colonial government-appointed counsel, Luis Taviel de Andrade. The two build the case and arguments for the defense as significant events in the central figure's life prior to his incarceration unfold. Upon hearing Rizal's life story, Taviel begins to realize that the accused not just is innocent but exhibits in fact all the qualities of an extraordinary man. When the mock trial unreels, Taviel is all set to act as the prime advocate for his client as Rizal himself is about to give an earth-moving speech to defend his honor and address his countrymen. Meanwhile, the Spanish authorities have worked out the vast political machinery to ensure a guilty verdict. A revolution waits in the wings.