MoviesPrix

HomeMoviesSearchTV SeriesBookmarksView Source
Barber's Tales
Barber's Tales

Barber's Tales

It's a man's world until a woman takes over.

Genres

Drama

OverView

In the 1970s, a widow in a remote village takes over her husband’s barber shop. She becomes the laughing stock of the male-dominated community and in the process discovers freedom and liberation.

Others

Budget

$300000

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Tagalog

Runtime

120 mins

Rating

7.2/10

Release Date

18 October 2013

Country

Philippines

Cast

Eugene Domingo

Eugene Domingo

Marilou

Eddie Garcia

Eddie Garcia

Father Arturo

Iza Calzado

Iza Calzado

Cecilia

Gladys Reyes

Gladys Reyes

Susan

Shamaine Buencamino

Shamaine Buencamino

Tessie

Daniel Fernando

Daniel Fernando

Jose

Sue Prado

Sue Prado

Rosa

Nicco Manalo

Nicco Manalo

Edmond

Nora Aunor

Nora Aunor

NPA Leader

Jess Mendoza

Jess Mendoza

Renan

Nonie Buencamino

Nonie Buencamino

Mayor Alfredo Bartolome

Katrina Halili

Katrina Halili

Mayor's Mistress

Soliman Cruz

Soliman Cruz

Ruben

Menggie Cobarrubias

Menggie Cobarrubias

Major

Malou Crisologo

Malou Crisologo

Jose's Sister

Lui Manansala

Lui Manansala

Manang Elvie

Hector Macaso

Hector Macaso

Mayor's Bodyguard

Lowell Conales

Lowell Conales

Berto

Kat Castillo

Kat Castillo

Precy

Jelson Bay

Jelson Bay

Ompong

Gigi Columna

Gigi Columna

Marta

Joe Gruta

Joe Gruta

Lolo Ambo

Chloe Carpio

Chloe Carpio

Tina

Lao Rodriguez

Lao Rodriguez

Soldier

Star Orjaliza

Star Orjaliza

Mama

Nina Editha Guimalda

Nina Editha Guimalda

Susan's Kid

Kyla Margareth Eupina

Kyla Margareth Eupina

Susan's Kid

Hyleinna Nicole Ampil

Hyleinna Nicole Ampil

Susan's Kid

Caprice Cayetano

Caprice Cayetano

Susan's Kid

Similar Movies

4.7

El Calentito

June 2005 •Spanish

Early 80's, Sara is a good-family girl, she has never been with a man, does not drinks, does not take drugs. Following her love, she enters in "El Calentito" a bar where the group "las Siux" is singing.

10.0

Kwentong Barbero

May 2023 •Tagalog

Dado is loving and responsible husband. He also told stories to his loyal customers, Alas and Pablo the secret of his strong relationship with Isay and how to treat women correctly. Eventually, the origin of the saying "Kwentong Barbero" will unfold as Dado shares his love conquest tales.

7.9

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

September 1982 •English

In 1846, Anthony Hope sails into London with the mysterious Sweeney Todd, a once-naive barber whose life and marriage was uprooted by a corrupt justice system. Todd confides in Nellie Lovett, the owner of a local meat pie shop, and the two become partners, as Todd swears revenge on those that have wronged him and decides to take up his old profession.

8.0

In Casablanca, the Angels Don't Fly

January 2004 •Arabic

The life and times of a Casablanca cafe waiter.

7.3

Lion of the Desert

April 1981 •English

This movie tells the story of Omar Mukhtar, an Arab Muslim rebel who fought against the Italian conquest of Libya in WWII. It gives western viewers a glimpse into this little-known region and chapter of history, and exposes the savage means by which the conquering army attempted to subdue the natives.

8.3

Apocalypse Now

May 1979 •English

At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, "does not exist, nor will it ever exist." His goal is to locate - and eliminate - a mysterious Green Beret Colonel named Walter Kurtz, who has been leading his personal army on illegal guerrilla missions into enemy territory.

7.5

4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days

August 2007 •Romanian

Two college roommates have 24 hours to make the ultimate choice as they finalize arrangements for a black market abortion.

7.9

Persepolis

June 2007 •French

In 1970s Iran, Marjane 'Marji' Statrapi watches events through her young eyes and her idealistic family of a long dream being fulfilled of the hated Shah's defeat in the Iranian Revolution of 1979. However as Marji grows up, she witnesses first hand how the new Iran, now ruled by Islamic fundamentalists, has become a repressive tyranny on its own.

6.6

Betrayal

November 1993 •Romanian

After the war, in Bucharest, a young Romanian poet arrested for having written an article denouncing Stalinist crimes, will save his life by accepting to become a hostage of the regime.

6.8

Nineteen Eighty-Four

November 1984 •English

George Orwell's novel of a totalitarian future society in which a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by falling in love.

7.0

Salvador

April 1986 •English

In 1980, an American journalist covering the Salvadoran Civil War becomes entangled with both the leftist guerrilla groups and the right-wing military dictatorship while trying to rescue his girlfriend and her children.

6.6

Before Night Falls

September 2000 •English

Spanning several decades, this powerful biopic offers a glimpse into the life of famed Cuban poet and novelist Reinaldo Arenas, an artist who was vilified for his homosexuality in Fidel Castro's Cuba.

7.5

The Man Who Wasn't There

October 2001 •English

A tale of murder, crime and punishment set in the summer of 1949. Ed Crane, a barber in a small California town, is dissatisfied with his life, but his wife Doris' infidelity and a mysterious opportunity presents him with a chance to change it.

6.4

Barbershop

April 2002 •English

A day in the life of a barbershop on the south side of Chicago. Calvin, who inherited the struggling business from his deceased father, views the shop as nothing but a burden and waste of his time. After selling the shop to a local loan shark, Calvin slowly begins to see his father's vision and legacy and struggles with the notion that he just sold it out.

6.0

Blow Dry

March 2001 •English

The annual British Hairdressing Championship comes to Keighley, a town where Phil and son Brian run a barbershop and Phil's ex-wife Shelly and her lover Sandra run a beauty salon.

6.2

Force 10 from Navarone

August 1978 •English

World War II, 1943. Mallory and Miller, the heroes who destroyed the guns of Navarone, are sent to Yugoslavia in search of a ghost from the past.

6.3

Billu

February 2009 •Hindi

When a famous Bollywood actor visits a small village for a film's shoot, a poor hairdresser's claim that they were once childhood friends soon makes him the centre of attention.

8.2

Inglourious Basterds

August 2009 •English

In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "The Basterds" are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis. The Basterds, lead by Lt. Aldo Raine soon cross paths with a French-Jewish teenage girl who runs a movie theater in Paris which is targeted by the soldiers.

10.0

Les Sept Remparts De La Citadelle

January 2018 •French

The feature film “The seven ramparts of the citadel”, a fiction recounting the conflict between an Algerian family expropriated from its land and a bloodthirsty settler; by director Ahmed Rachedi. Adapted from the eponymous novel by Mohamed Maarafia, the film, whose plot begins in 1954, tells the story of two characters, Thebti and Lucien, “the fellaga and the colonist”, a story of crossed destinies. “After having engaged in a fight to the death, after having both traveled a long path of embers, (they) finally find themselves face to face and above all each face to themselves”.

7.4

1984

November 2023 •Russian

In a bleak and oppressive totalitarian society ruled by Big Brother, personal freedoms are nonexistent and surveillance is constant. Art is mocked and destroyed, and imagination is considered a serious illness. In this grim world, a brilliant mathematician engages in a forbidden romance with a colleague and learns about a secret resistance. He is faced with a choice - to join or betray it.