Six Degrees of Separation from Lilia Cuntapay

MANILA, Philippines - Cinema One brings back the lovable “Dakilang Extra” Lilia Cuntapay through the award-winning  Six Degrees of Separation from Lilia Cuntapay in a special theatrical run at SM Theaters this Halloween beginning Oct. 31. 

The movie, originally screened at the seventh Cinema One Originals Film Festival, won awards. It features Cuntapay’s life as an often disregarded old woman who portrays ghostly and sinister roles in various Filipino horror films. 

Writer-director Antoinette Jadaone’s directing style aims to show who Lilia is, outside her big horror façade. “This movie will definitely be about the heartbreaks and the joyous life of Lilia Cuntapay,” Jadaone said. 

“I talked to Nanay Lilia and reminded her that in this film, she’s not a paranormal figure. She won’t show her finesse in horror but rather what she really is in real life. I infused some animations and surrealism in this movie, but it still remains truthful,” she added. 
Lilia won the Best Actress award at the Cinema One Originals awards while the film won Best Screenplay, Best Editing, Audience Choice Award, Special Jury Prize and Best Supporting Actress for Geraldine Villamil. 

Six Degrees of Separation from Lilia Cuntapay is Jadaone’s first full-length feature. It veers away from Lilia’s same-old-story role. 

According to a review written by Karen of audreymagazine.com, “Six Degrees will have you laughing and feeling good throughout. Whether her portrayal in this mockumentary is just part of the show or not, Cuntapay comes off as very adorable, quirky, and imaginative.”  Both the film and Lilia as a celebrity were big hits with the festival audience in Italy and South Korea.