Dennis Trillo hard and rough

  
by Julius Roden
Posted on INQUIRER.net Cybervision
September 27, 2009
 
 
The recent Cinemalaya-Netpac films in competition had paraded several local independent movies that many Filipinos can be proud of.

The usual scenario just like any other film festival was to bestow awards to the directors, writers, cinematographers and actors. A very tremendous event so to speak.

Local Filipino actor Dennis Trillo in his entry film “Astig” (Boys In The Bronx) was given special awards that surely made his lead actress Glaiza de Castro feel better since some slight discomforts came in upon watching the prolonged rough but fake sex scene she did with the main actor.

To my non-Filipino readers, “Astig” is a street language for Tigas which means “hard”. See the “tig” and “as” separated and changed position, giving you the slang “Astig”.

This word can be used by someone who is very much impressed by something or someone. It could be a gadget, fashion sense, idea, story, technique, plan and everything that is like it.

Therefore, “Astig” can mean cool, awesome, amazing, impressive, nice, hot or great.

This project is, by the way, the first indie film of Mr. Trillo who was very reluctant at first as other filmmakers enticed him to try becoming a producer.

He also did a very unique infomercial with actress Angel Aquino for the Cine Cinco Film Festival.

It is not certain if the 28-year-old actor decided to act in indie films for the sake of art or for the sake of joining the bandwagon just like how most mainstream actors perceive digital independent films.

Either way, it’s nothing less than his prerogative.