The Woman Who Left
2016 3h 47m movie Film Philippines

The Woman Who Left

Ang Babaeng Humayo

Synopsis

Ang Babaeng Humayo

For Horacia Somorostro, living has become a veritable reclusion perpetua, an imprisonment. Life’s spins and randomness has been very difficult, vicious and inexplicable for her. The year is 1997. Princess Diana dies in a violent car crash. The world is saddened by the death of Mother Theresa. And the Philippines is gripped with fear. It has become the kidnap capital of Asia.

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The 2015–2017 Philippines Window

The Woman Who Left holds position #9 of 27 Philippines films in the 2015–2017 window, below highlighted by audience rating.

  1. Gasping for Air
    #1

    Gasping for Air

    ★ 8.3 · 2016
  2. Seven Sundays
    #2

    Seven Sundays

    ★ 8.1 · 2017
  3. A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery
    #3

    A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery

    ★ 7.9 · 2016
  4. Kita Kita
    #4

    Kita Kita

    ★ 7.8 · 2017
  5. Heneral Luna
    #5

    Heneral Luna

    ★ 7.7 · 2015
  6. Love You to the Stars and Back
    #6

    Love You to the Stars and Back

    ★ 7.7 · 2017
  7. Can't Help Falling in Love
    #7

    Can't Help Falling in Love

    ★ 7.4 · 2017
  8. Just the Way You Are
    #8

    Just the Way You Are

    ★ 7.4 · 2015

The 2010s Philippines Landscape

2016 was the decade’s peak output year for Philippines — 11 titles released, including The Woman Who Left. Bars below show how the 2010s stacked up year by year (69 total).

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Position in Catalog

Released alongside 10 other Philippines films in 2016.

The 93rd Philippines title from Philippines we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1964).

Our Philippines catalog contains 146 titles in total (134 films).

Audience Engagement

48
Reviews
88th
Review-volume percentile
44th
Popularity percentile

48 audience reviews — more than 88% of Philippines films in our index.

Review volume (88th percentile) outruns trending popularity (44th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.

Reception Benchmarks

7.3
TMDB Rating
48
Audience Reviews
Highly Rated
Critical Tier

Ranked #27 of 146 Philippines films indexed here (82nd percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is +1.1 points above the Philippines average of 6.2/10.

Among Philippines Drama productions specifically: #22 of 82 (top 27%).

Production Details

Primary CountryPhilippines
Original LanguageFilipino
Spoken LanguagesEnglish, Japanese, Spanish, Tagalog
Production CompaniesCinema One Originals, Sine Olivia Pilipinas
Runtime3h 47m
Release DateSeptember 28, 2016
IMDbtt5843990
Official Sitesineoliviapilipinas.com