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Dead Sure
Film poster
Original titleSegurista
Directed byTikoy Aguiluz
Screenplay by
  • Jose Lacaba
  • Amado Lacuesta Jr.
Story by
  • Tikoy Aguiluz
  • Jose Lacaba
  • Amado Lacuesta Jr.
Produced byEric Cuatico
StarringMichelle Aldana
CinematographyJun Dalawis
Edited by
  • Mirana Medina-Bhunjun
  • Edgardo Vinarao
Music byJessie Lasaten
Production
company
Distributed byNeo Films
Release date
  • 13 March 1996 (1996-03-13)[1]
Running time
111 minutes
CountryPhilippines
LanguageFilipino

Segurista (International title: Dead Sure) is a 1996 Philippine neo-noir drama film directed by Tikoy Aguiluz. The film was co-written by Aguiluz, Jose Lacaba, and Amado Lacuesta and stars Michelle Aldana as the title role.[2][3][4][5][6][7] Segurista was screened at the Toronto International Film Festival and the Singapore International Film Festival.[8] In its home market, the MTRCB did not approve this motion picture for public viewing, "X-rated",[9] but later approved it with cuts for Philippine theaters.[10]

Plot

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By day, Karen Fernandez (Michelle Aldana) is a sales agent for an insurance company. She constantly meets sales targets set by her company and is considered as their top agent. By night, she covertly works as a guest relations officer (GRO), which she uses to draw her daytime clients to buy into her insurance product. All of her activities day and night are for one reason: securing the future of her family. Amidst the temptation of falling in love with her clients, Karen is focused on working hard for the money.

A tragedy occurs when a night of having fun went wrong. Resisting the advances of her friend's lover, she flees by riding a taxi. But the taxi driver himself had other plans as he decides to bring Karen to a lahar-infested area and satisfy his lust on her before killing her off. Her death served as a catalyst for change as her beneficiaries finally receive the fruits of her labor.[11]

Cast

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Awards

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Dead Sure won seven awards in the 21st Gawad Urian Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director,[12] Best Supporting Actor — Albert Martinez[13] — Best Screenplay and Best Editing — Edgardo “Boy” Viñarao and Mirana Medina-Bhunjun.[8]

The film was selected as the Philippines entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 69th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.[14][15]

Continued interest and influence

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When, at the end of the decade, eleven Filipino film critics rated the best films of the '90s for the Philippine Daily Inquirer, Segurista was ranked second.[10]

Academia

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Segurista has been cited in scholarly works on Risk Management, Game theory[16] and CO2 utilization in products in Small Island Developing States.[17]

Jema Pamintuan of Ateneo de Manila University, commented on how Segurista portrays, against a background of increasing female participation in the Philippine economy, the application of game-theoretic and probabilistic concepts for the Filipina struggling to manage the risk she faces in an economy characterized by a fluctuating economic and socio-political environment.[16]

References

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  1. ^ "Grand Opening Today!". Philippine Daily Inquirer. 13 March 1996. p. 15. Rated B by the Film Ratings Board. Strictly for adults only!
  2. ^ Vera, Noel (9 March 1996). "The Dirtiest Movie of the Year". Pinoy Pop Culture. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  3. ^ Deutsch, Andre (2002). Variety International Film Guide. Variety. pp. 251–252. Retrieved 29 May 2022 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ Sampung Taong Sine: 1990-1999. National Commission for Culture and the Arts. 2002. p. 33. ISBN 9789718140260. Retrieved 29 May 2022 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ Red, Isah (2 February 1996). "Is Mel Tiangco in Trouble with ABS-CBN?". Manila Standard. Philippine Manila Standard Publishing. p. 32. Retrieved 29 May 2022 – via Google News.
  6. ^ Japitana, Norma (11 March 1996). "The X Factor". Manila Standard. Philippine Manila Standard Publishing. p. 31. Retrieved 29 May 2022 – via Google News.
  7. ^ Red, Isah (15 March 1996). "Bum Steer". Manila Standard. Philippine Manila Standard Publishing. p. 32. Retrieved 29 May 2022 – via Google News.
  8. ^ a b Salterio, Leah C. "In a prominent family, Tikoy Aguiluz made a name for himself in the world of cinema". Philippine Star. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  9. ^ "This gets an X? (Segurista)". BusinessWorld. Manila: The Financial Times Limited: 23. 8 March 1996. ISSN 0116-3930. ProQuest 234044012.
  10. ^ a b "Opinion: An immodest proposal". BusinessWorld. Manila: The Financial Times Limited: 1. 29 October 1999. ISSN 0116-3930. ProQuest 233939262.
  11. ^ "Dead Sure". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2016. Archived from the original on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
  12. ^ "Director Tikoy Aguiluz Has Died". Esquire. 19 February 2024. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  13. ^ Brennt Eusebio, Aaron. "IN PHOTOS: Career highlights of Albert Martinez". www.gmanetwork.com. GMA Network. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
  14. ^ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
  15. ^ "39 Countries Hoping for Oscar Nominations". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 13 November 1996. Archived from the original on 9 February 1999. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  16. ^ a b Pamintuan, Jema (2011). "Risk Management, Probability, and the Theory of Games in Segurista (Dead Sure) and Kubrador (The Bet Collector)". Positions. 19 (2): 525–549. doi:10.1215/10679847-1331814. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
  17. ^ Lee Chan, Thérèse G.; Janes, David A.; Joshua, Kyle P. (2024). "Filtering '3–2' industrial symbiosis networks at a carbon-intensive cluster in a small island developing state to reuse CO2 and water". Chemical Engineering Research and Design. 212: 43–57. doi:10.1016/j.cherd.2024.10.023. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
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