PH co-produced film ‘Plan 75’ joining Cannes

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<p>MANILA — “Plan 75,” a film co-produced by the Philippines with France and Japan, has been selected as one of the entries in this year’s Cannes Film Festival.</p><p><script src='https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.5' async type='text/javascript'></script></p><div class='fb-post' data-href='https://www.facebook.com/FDCP.ph/posts/357460756427292' data-width='auto'> </div><p>The Hayakawa Chie film will participate in Un Certain Regard, a section comprising of 20 films with unusual presentation and non-traditional stories to highlight emerging filmmakers.</p><p>“Plan 75” is co-produced by Filipino producer Alemberg Ang and by Filipino production company Fusee, headed by Will Fredo, according to the Film Development Council of the Philippines.</p><p>The story is set in Japan, where the fictional government program Plan 75 “encourages senior citizens to be voluntarily euthanized to remedy a super-aged society.”</p><p>“An elderly woman whose means of survival are vanishing, a pragmatic Plan 75 salesman, and a young Filipino laborer face choices of life and death,” its official synopsis reads.</p><p>The 75th Cannes Film Festival will be held in Paris from May 17 to 28.<br/> </p>

<p>“Plan 75” is co-produced by Filipino producer Alemberg Ang and by Filipino production company Fusee, headed by Will Fredo, according to the Film Development Council of the Philippines.</p><p>The story is set in Japan, where the fictional government program Plan 75 “encourages senior citizens to be voluntarily euthanized to remedy a super-aged society.”</p><p>“An elderly woman whose means of survival are vanishing, a pragmatic Plan 75 salesman, and a young Filipino laborer face choices of life and death,” its official synopsis reads.</p><p>The 75th Cannes Film Festival will be held in Paris from May 17 to 28.<br> </p>

<div class='fb-post' data-href='https://www.facebook.com/FDCP.ph/posts/357460756427292' data-width='auto'> </div><p>The Hayakawa Chie film will participate in Un Certain Regard, a section comprising of 20 films with unusual presentation and non-traditional stories to highlight emerging filmmakers.</p>

<p>MANILA — “Plan 75,” a film co-produced by the Philippines with France and Japan, has been selected as one of the entries in this year’s Cannes Film Festival.</p><p><script src='https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.5' async type='text/javascript'></script></p>

“Plan 75,” a film co-produced by the Philippines with France and Japan, has been selected as one of the entries in this year’s Cannes Film Festival.

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PH co-produced film ‘Plan 75’ joining Cannes

PH co-produced film ‘Plan 75’ joining Cannes