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'''''Ang Larawan''''', internationally released as '''''The Portrait''''', is a 2017 Philippine musical film directed by Loy Arcenas. It was commercially released in the Philippines on December 25, 2017 as an entry to the 43rd [[Metro Manila Film Festival]], where it won five of its twelve categories, including Best Picture, Best Musical Score, Best Production Design, and the Gatpuno Antonio J. Villegas Cultural Award and Best Actress given to Joana Ampil. Critical response for the film was mostly positive.
Based on the 1997 stage play, ''Ang Larawan the Musical'' which in turn was based on ''A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino'' by National Artist Nick Joaquin, the film was set in 1941 just before [[World War II]] in a mansion in Manila. Telling the story of the Marasigan sisters, Candida and Paula, and their father, the painter Don Lorenzo Marasigan, it focuses on family conflict and the amalgamation of old Filipino identity and cultural character with the arrival of contemporary and Western ideals.
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* [[Good Old Ways]]: Subverted. While much is made about keeping true to the past and the traditions of yore, it's also shown how stubbornly chaining oneself to them is no better than blindly embracing modernity.
* [[Genius Bonus]]: In addition to Filipino cultural references, there are a number of nods to Shakespeare and Classical literature, particularly the [[Iliad]] and [[Aeneid]]. The Portrait itself, as described, is reminiscent of the real painting ''Aeneas' Flight from Troy'' by Federico Barocci.
* [[Gratuitous Spanish]]: Justified. In addition to Filipino having many Spanish loanwords, there are phrases and lines entirely in Spanish. Not to mention how the Marasigans in general were part of high society, which had been even more Spanish-influenced in the colonial years.
* [[Impoverished Patrician]]: Played with. The Marasigan sisters, Candida and Paula, are shown as being poor and barely able to support their bedridden father, let alone the family mansion. On the other hand, their siblings Manolo and Pepang (both of whom had long since moved out) have done pretty well for themselves, albeit to the point of feeling that they could get away with gambling and various vices.
* [[Intrepid Reporter]]: Bitoy Camacho, the young journalist who's friends with Candida and Paula. {{spoiler|As well as the aging narrator recounting the whole story.}}
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