Philippines, 1901. Kulas and his grandfather flee the town of Balangiga, the site of a real-life massacre under the occupying Americans. Switching up the pace and alternating contemplative sequences with childlike reverie, director De la Cruz takes us through a lush countryside strewn with horrors.
Philippines, 1901. Kulas and his grandfather flee the town of Balangiga, site of a real massacre under the occupying Americans. Aged just 8, the boy travels through the lush countryside strewn with carnage, at one point rescuing a toddler who’s survived a fire. Courageously, he attempts to cope with the surrounding chaos, working with the elements to save his own and his family’s lives — and at the same time, desperately trying to hang onto something of his childhood. Switching up the...
Feature film , Drama
PHILIPPINES | 116 minutes | 2018
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