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Come la notte

Where the Night Stands Still
Perspectives 2025
© Walang Hanggan
After years apart, three Filipino siblings who are all domestic workers in Italy, meet in the villa that one of the sisters has inherited. As the night deepens, the long-awaited reunion stirs old memories but also awakens unspoken grievances. The air is heavy with the weight of what has been left unsaid over time as the siblings carefully try to navigate the distance that has grown between them. In the stillness of the villa, they wrestle with an inexpressible pain as their shared history unfolds in fragments and reveals subtle but profound marks of absence, envy and broken bonds.
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by Liryc Dela Cruz (Director, Screenplay)
with Jenny Llanto Caringal, Tess Magallanes, Benjamin Vasquez Barcellano Jr. Italy / Philippines 2025 Tagalog, Italian, English 75' Black/White World premiere

With

  • Jenny Llanto Caringal (Rosa)
  • Tess Magallanes (Lillia)
  • Benjamin Vasquez Barcellano Jr. (Manny)

Crew

Director Liryc Dela Cruz
Screenplay Liryc Dela Cruz
Cinematography Liryc Dela Cruz
Editing Liryc Dela Cruz
Sound Design Antonio Giannantonio
Production Design Liryc Dela Cruz
Producer Liryc Dela Cruz
Executive Producers Liryc Dela Cruz, Leonardo Birindelli, Benjamin Vasquez Barcellano Jr., Jenny Llanto Caringal, Tess Magallanes, Saro Vallejo
Co-Producers Leonardo Birindelli, Gutierrez Mangansakan II, Moira Lang, Evelyn Vargas-Knaebel

Produced by

Pelircula

Il Mio Filippino Collective

Ozono Studio

Reckless Natarjan Pictures

World Sales

Alpha Violet

Photos

Liryc Dela Cruz

© Lavinia Blasi

Born in Tupi, the Philippines, the artist and filmmaker currently lives in Rome, Italy. His work has screened and featured at international film festivals and arts venues including Locarno, the Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival, Santarcangelo and the Biennale di Venezia. In 2023, his first major exhibition “Il Mio Filippino: For Those Who Care to See” opened at the Mattatoio in Rome. He is co-founder of the Il Mio Filippino collective of cleaners, domestic and care workers and is a member of the Pescheria artists’ collective.

Filmography (selection)

2015 Sa Pagitan ng Pagdalaw at Paglimot (The Ebb of Forgetting); short film 2018 Notes From Unknown Maladies; documentary 2020 On Endings; documentary 2021 Santelmo; medium-length film 2025 Come la notte (Where the Night Stands Still)

Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2025