Richard Kuipers of '' Variety '' describes '' The Woman in the Septic Tank '' as " a lively laffer . " He also praises the performance of lead actors Cipriano and de Guzman , calling it " spot-on as the guys with one eye on the slums and the other on travel and trophies . " Meanwhile , Maggie Lee of '' The Hollywood Reporter '' says the film is " a lambast of the pretensions of independent cinema in his country and his fellow filmmakers ' inflated egos . " However , she is concerned about its " specialized topic and low-budget look " that may be off-putting for some audience , which may minimize its commercial prospect internationally . She also compares how the film replays specific sequences , each with narrative or stylistic revisions , to " a '' Groundhog Day '' of pilot filmmaking . " The film is an official entry for the 2011 Vancouver International Film Festival , Pusan International Film Festival , the Hawaii International Film Festival , the Tokyo International Film Festival , and the Far East Film Festival . The film was chosen by the Film Academy of the Philippines to represent the Philippines in the Best Foreign Language Film category of the 84th Academy Awards , but it did not make the final shortlist
84th Academy Awards
84th Academy Awards
The Woman in the Septic Tank