While several of the film’s metaphors may not fit well into the narrative, ORO echoes Iñárritu’s AMORES PERROS, juicing irony not from the condition of human characters but from their best friends, the dogs. Like BARBER’S TALES, ANINO SA LIKOD NG BUWAN before it, and even NUNAL SA TUBIG way way before it, the grit and drama of ORO is more than enough to alarm audiences of brutal injustices in the country’s fringes.
Dati madalas at malakas kaming magsugal magkakaanak (miron na lang si erpat), kung hindi mahjong, blackjack, naeeskandalo na nga si ermat dahil hindi naman kami pareparehong madadatung, no? Tapos ang dami na ring mga kai-kaibigang dumadayo, nabalitaang masaya’t malakas ang labanan, e di siyempre naiba na rin hung timpla, hindi na friendly, talutalo na. Di nagtagal, natauhan kaming mga misis at itinigil muna namin ang get-togethers.