AFTER WINNING best actor in the Cinemalaya Filmfest last July for the movie “Oros”, Kristoffer King stars in another socially relevant film in the Metro-Manila Filmfest New Wave Section, “Ad Ignorantiam”, directed by Bing Lao. The title refers to a reasoning fallacy that says a proposition is true simply because it has not been proven false. It’s based on true story of a bank messenger accused of snatching the gold necklace of a university professor in the busy Philcoa intersection on Commonwealth Ave. The victim and her friend file a robbery case against the accused. The lengthy court trial traces the events from the snatching of the necklace, the chase between the accused and the victim’s friend, their confrontation, the summoning of the police and arrest of the snatcher who denies the accusation.
Unable to prove his innocence, he is found guilty by the Regional Trial Court and sentenced to jail for four year. The defense elevates the case to the Supreme Court for review. The film is a critical look at the Philippine justice system. Aside from Kristoffer as the snatcher and Ina Feleo as the victim, it stars Allan Paule as the defense lawyer, Raquel Villavicencio as the prosecutor, Archie Adamos as the RTC judge, Laurice Guillen as the Supreme Court Justice, plus Mercedes Cabral, Kimmy Maclang and Alex Tiglao. This is produced by Atty. Joji Alonso of Quantum Films.
