"It Carries the Weight of Improvisation but Also Inevitability": Liryc Dela Cruz on his Berlinale-premiering Where the Night Stands Still (Come la Notte)

Liryc Dela Cruz's Where the Night Stands Still (Come la Notte) takes the simplest of storylines and renders it infinitely complex. Three Filipino siblings, all domestic workers in Italy who've not seen each other for years, reunite at an extravagant villa the elder sister inherited after the death of her longtime employer. They reminisce about childhood over Filipino delicacies the younger sister and brother have brought, and stroll the vast grounds that the new owner meticulously preserves as i...