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PHILIPPINES | 116 minutes | 2018

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 pace, alternating contemplative sequences with childlike reverie, De la Cruz delivers a masterful work that closely tracks his characters during their passage through a shattering real-life event. INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE

"... an elegy to purity, a lyrical and heartbreaking testament to humanity’s pursuit of freedom from whatever form of imprisonment. Powerful and tender." Rappler.com

Programs

Sunday October 7, 2018

Program #101
15:00
Cineplex Odeon Quartier SALLE 16

Tuesday October 9, 2018

Program #146
19:00
Cinéma du Parc 2

Khavn

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RUGBY BOYZ, Opening Film, Oberhausen 2017
ALIPATO, Jury Prize, Geneva 2016
RUINED HEART, Main Competition, Tokyo 2014
MONDOMANILA, Opening Film - Camera Lucida, Fantasia 2012
THE MUZZLED HORSE OF AN ENGINEER IN SEARCH OF MECHANICAL SADDLES, Berlinale Forum 2008
MANILA IN THE FANGS OF DARKNESS, Main Program, Viennale 2008
SQUATTERPUNK, Opening Film, Soundtrack Cologne 2008
CAN & SLIPPERS, Opening Film, Clermont-Ferrand 2006
THE FAMILY THAT EATS SOIL, Rotterdam 2005
HEADLESS, Singapore 2003

distribution and credits

  • Costume Zeus Bascon
  • Animation Ogie Tiglao
  • Decors Timmy Harn, Marija Vicente
  • Music Khavn
  • Editing Carlo Francisco Manatad
  • Cinematographer Albert Banzon
  • Screenplay Jerry Gracio, Achinette Villamor, Khavn
  • Cast Pio Del Rio, Warren Tuaño
  • Artistic Director Khavn
  • Sound desgin Mikko Quizon

contact

  • Kamias Overground
  • Stray Dogs

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