BLISS
TBA STUDIOS (2016)
Actress JANE CIEGO (Iza Calzado) has had a successful career in showbiz since she was a kid. Now in her 30's, Jane has grown tired of her usual projects and decides to produce her own film to win some respect in the industry. But a terrible accident on the set of her dream project leaves her temporarily crippled, trapped in a house filled with bizarre phenomena and under the care of her unfeeling husband and a strange nurse. With the horrors escalating each day, Jane's simple dream becomes an endless nightmare.
"Bliss finds Jerrold Tarog climaxing in his career as he connects with something that we didn’t know he had in him – a prodigious ambition that steadily grows in fury." - CINEPHILIA.PH
"Bliss is that rare thing in Philippine cinema: an honest-to-God risk-taker of a movie." - RAMON DE VEYRA (MANILA BULLETIN)
“A well-crafted film, one that even outshines “Heneral Luna” in terms of consistency and even ambition."
- OGGS CRUZ (CNN LIFE)
"A leap of freedom from the portals of Philippine Cinema, introducing a genre that shows intelligence, allegory and flawless mastery."
- CINEMABRAVO.COM
"A completely immersive ride into that perplexing paranoid limbo between dreams and reality. An extraordinary big-screen viewing experience." - FRED HAWSON (ABS-CBN.COM)
Osaka Asian Film Festival 2017
In CompetitionYakushi Pearl Award (Best Performer)
MotelX Lisbon Interational Horror Film Festival
Exhibition Film
East Winds Film Festival
Exhibition Film
CREDITS
Directed by Jerrold Tarog
Screenplay:Jerrold Tarog
Director of Photography: Mackie Galvez
Editor: Jerrold Tarog
Music: Jerrold Tarog
Production Design: Monica Sebial
Sound Design: Mikko Quizon
Producer: Darlene Malimas
Executive Producer: E. A. Rocha, Fernando Ortigas
Starring: Iza Calzado, Ian Veneracion, TJ Trinidad,
Adrienne Vergara, Shamaine Buencamino,
Michael de Mesa, Stephanie Sol