Tag: philippines

  • In the Bosom of the Enemy

    It’s the story of a young woman, whose husband, is arrested by the soldiers of a Japanese garrison, on the suspicion that he is a guerilla. Dizon pleads her case to the garrison’s commander, who sympathizes and lets Yllana go; when the commander’s wife dies and leaves their son motherless, Dizon, is hired to feed…

  • Banyo Queen

    Angelie comes from a family of sorcerers. As a tradition, everyone should have a virgin sacrifice before their 18th birthday to escape the curse. With the help of her aunt Chada, she hunts a virgin to stay alive.

  • Syota ng Bayan

    Syota ng Bayan is Tanya Marquez, a bold star who quits showbiz and goes back to her hometown. Finding out that a cement factory is causing a lot of havoc in the environment and in the lives of her town mates, she challenges the incumbent of Mayor Golano to have it closed. When denied, Tanya…

  • Laman

    Maryo J. Delos Reyes’ gritty noir, about the triangle that develops between a man, his wife, and his best friend.

  • Two Timer

    Viveca is happily married to Cholo, a renowned and respected psychiatrist. Unknown to many, Viveca, has long been leading a double life. She has an appetite for men, for quick, and sometimes very dangerous sexual adventures, be it real or fantasy. There is no question in her mind how much she loves her family. Viveca…

  • The 70s

    Amanda and Julian are doing their best to rear their five sons during the repressive dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos. Though the parents view themselves as apolitical, most of their sons bristle at life under martial law and turn to various forms of activism — or to simple teenage rebellion — for release. After the family…

  • Super-B

    A Filipino comical superhero movie about Bilma who transforms into Super-B to fight crime.

  • Naked Weapon

    A mysterious woman, known as Madame M, kidnaps forty pre-teen girls and transports them to a remote island to train them as the most deadly assassins. CIA operative Jack Chen follows the case for 6 years with no leads, but when a series of assassinations begin to occur, Jack suspects that Madame M is back…

  • Jologs

    Jologs portrays the intersecting stories of various working-class people who are all tied to one coffee shop and are struggling to make ends meet in the Philippines.

  • Hibla

    Isabel and Clara are two childhood friends separated by fate. Isabel is a naive provincial lass who works as an indigenous fabric weaver while Clara is the liberated city girl. Clara has gone wild after her mother runs off with another man. The two meet after years of separation when Clara returns to the barrio…

  • Lastikman

    Young Hilario was nearby a rubber tree when it was struck by a meteorite. This incident gave Hilario the powers of elasticity and morphing. To honor his dead parents he vowed to use his powers for good. Hilario grows up and becomes Professor Larry, a teacher in Physics. He transforms into the superhero Lastikman to…

  • Ang Huling Birhen sa Lupa

    A priest visits a small seaside town. Miling a former nun who now teaches catechism on the island thinks that father Emman is the priest she sent for. She believes that a priest would help revive the townspeople’s faith in God by putting up bars and girly joints.

  • Keka

    Keka is a beautiful young woman working in a call center. Wanting to hunt down the killers and avenge her boyfriend’s death, she undergoes rigid training. Everything has been going well until she meets the guy who makes her fall in love again.

  • Ang Tanging Ina

    Desperate to provide a comfortable life for her children, Ina willingly takes all kinds of jobs available to her. But what happens when Ina’s family continues to fall apart despite all her sacrifices?

  • 1st Time

    Three stories, all first times

  • Volta

    Legend has it that once every 100 years a superhero with the powers of lightning shows up to save mankind from the forces of evil. It is believed that if a person gets hit thrice by lightning and lives to survive another day, he shall be the chosen one. Perla is a dressmaker who lives…

  • Milan

    Loving husband Lino is on a mission: his wife, who works as a domestic in Milan, is missing and he’s determined to find her. To do so, he enters Italy illegally and takes cover as one of the hundreds of Filipino migrant workers who make their way to Europe.

  • Santa Santita

    After taking up with a charming cab driver, a wild and hedonistic teenage girl returns home to succeed her mother as a prayer woman.

  • Dubai

    Summoning his younger brother Andrew to the city of Dubai, the financially stable Raffy a Filipino citizen who’s spent several years overseas hopes his sibling can find work so that they can finally move to Canada. Unfortunately, Raffy doesn’t expect Andrew to go falling in love with his ex-girlfriend, Faye a woman Raffy, in fact,…

  • When Love Begins…

    Benedicto “Ben” Caballero is an environmentalist who disapproves of deforestation for villages in mountainous regions in the country.He is more concerned of the environment than that of getting along with his siblings.It is revealed that he was a former lawyer and that he quit because of a matter between right or wrong,and not about winning…

  • Antonio’s Secret

    The story about a teenage boy, Antonio, whose emerging gay sexuality alienates him from his friends and family, until his libertine uncle, Jonbert, comes to live with him and his mother.