- HD 1080
- Runtime: 345m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: tl
- Country: Philippines
- Director: Lav Diaz
- Stars: Perry Dizon, Roeder Camanag, Hazel Orencio, Karenina Haniel, Reynan Abcede
- keywords: martial law, philippines
- Production_studio: Sine Olivia Pilipinas
- providers: MUBI, OVID, MUBI Amazon Channel
- The From What Is Before is featured in the top rankings of 2014
- #22 in Top Drama Movies of 2014
The Philippines, 1972. Mysterious things are happening in a remote barrio. Wails are heard from the forest, cows are hacked to death, a man is found bleeding to death at the crossroad and houses are burned. Ferdinand E. Marcos announces Proclamation No. 1081 putting the entire country under Martial Law.
