Markova: Comfort Gay

Markova: Comfort Gay

The original film poster
Directed by Gil Portes
Produced by Dolphy
Dolor Guevarra
Rene Pascual
Screenplay by Clodualdo Del Mundo, Jr.
Starring Dolphy
Eric Quizon
Jeffrey Quizon
Loren Legarda
Music by Joy Marfil
Cinematography Johnny Araojo
Edited by George Jarlego
Production
company
RVQ Productions
Distributed by Vagrant Films
Release dates
2000
Running time
97 minutes
Country Philippines
Language Tagalog
Japanese

Markova: Comfort Gay is a 2000 Filipino biographical-comedy, drama film based loosely on the life of Walter Dempster Jr., the last surviving Filipino "comfort gay" (male sex slaves for Japanese army) from World War II. The film tells the story of his hardships during his childhood and his travail during the World War II Japanese occupation of the Philippines. The character was played by actor Dolphy, who played the adult Markova while two of his sons, Eric Quizon and Jeffrey Quizon, played the role of two younger Markovas in two more different phases of his life.

Plot

After watching a documentary about the suffering of "comfort women" forced into sexual slavery during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines, Markova decides to tell his own painful story to reporter Loren Legarda. Escaping the torment of growing up with an abusive older brother, he and his guy friends found further suffering at the hands of Japanese soldiers, forced as sex slaves to survive. But even after the war, Markova's struggle continued.

Cast and Characters

Cameo Roles

Awards and Recognitions

Official selections

2001 Brussels International Film Festival

2001 FAMAS Awards

2001 Gawad Urian Awards

2001 Young Critics Circle

2000 Metro Manila Film Festival

References

  1. "Metro Manila Film Festival:2000". IMDB. Retrieved 2014-04-09.

External links


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