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Leonor Will Never Die review – brilliantly meta comedy-thriller turns film on its head

Sheila Francisco is magnificent as a grieving mother and retired screenwriter in this delightfully meta mash-up that pays homage to Filipino action films

The Guardian - UK · Apr 4, 2023

She spent 8 years and her life savings to make a 'grandma action star.' It was worth it

A once-revered filmmaker weighed down by grief wakes up inside her own unfinished screenplay in "Leonor Will Never Die," the audacious debut of Manila-based writer-director Martika Ramirez Escobar. Inspired by the macho Filipino action films of the '70s and '80s and her own beloved grandmother, she wondered: What would a…

Los Angeles Times · Dec 13, 2022