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1) Graceland
Series
Drafthouse films volume 10
Language
Tagalog
Formats
Description
Family man Marlon Villar is the long-time driver of Manuel Chango, a corrupt Filipino politician. While he and his daughter accompany his boss' preteen daughter home, Marlon is ambushed and the wrong girl is kidnapped. The driver's life takes a sudden, terrifying turn which propels him into a horrifying downward spiral and, as events in his life unravel, Marlon, Changho, and their families become entangled in a game of deceit and betrayal that will...
2) Arisaka
Language
Tagalog
Description
When Bataan police officer Mariano was assigned as a convoy escort for a narco-list vice mayor headed to a press conference that could shake the entire Philippine government, she knew it would be a dangerous mission. However, she did not expect her fellow cops to rub them out and shoot everyone dead in an attempt to stop the release of any damning information by the vice mayor. As the sole survivor of the rubout, a battered-and-bruised Mariano flees...
Language
Tagalog
Description
Twelve-year-old Reyboy lives an idyllic childhood in an isolated fishing village where people catch their share and share their catch. But by summer's end, Reyboy will have to leave to study in the city. Until then he makes every swim, meal, and starry sky count, as the seconds slip away. Filmmaker Venice Atienza and her subject share a special familiarity in conversations that translate into poetry sprinkled over stunning sunsets and beach bonfires....
Series
Language
Tagalog
Description
A young fisherman from a provincial village arrives in the capital on a quest to track down his girlfriend, who was lured there with the promise of work and hasn't been heard from since. In the meantime, he takes a low-wage job at a construction site and witnesses life on the streets, where death strikes without warning, corruption and exploitation are commonplace, and protests hint at escalating civil unrest.
Language
Tagalog
Description
Lav Diaz's epic reimagining of Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment is both an intimate human drama and a cosmic treatise on the origin of evil. In the northern Philippine province of Luzon, a law-school dropout commits a horrific double murder; a gentle family man takes the fall and receives a life sentence, leaving behind a wife and two kids. Unfolding across the sun drenched fields and dark city streets of the Filipino island of Luzon, this is a tale...
Series
Language
Tagalog
Description
Cogie Domingo plays a young man coming to grips with his own mortality. In the process, getting down to the very core of love, life and the meaning of existence as he hovers angel-like over those he has left behind, his angst-ridden mom; a belligerent younger brother; essayed powerfully by newcomer; and his teenage girlfriend. When he meets up with another wondering soul who reveals to him the redemptive power of acceptance; helped along by a spirit...
Language
Tagalog
Description
Single mother and romantic movie fan wants nothing more than to find a good husband and father for her children. While on a flight to the Philipinnes she meets the potential man of her dreams - untill the plane crashes and strands them on a deserted island. With her potential mate suffering from amnesia Clarise decides to grab the opportunity and introduce herself as his wife. Will her plan work?
Language
Tagalog
Description
This film is based on the examination given by the Immigration and Naturalization Service for United States citizenship. It presents the structure of our government at all levels. It also provides a sensitive look at our historical struggle for freedom and independence. Each section begins with a topic sentence spoken in the primary language. That sentence is repeated in English and the rest of the section is spoken and captioned in simple English....
11) Mano po
Language
Tagalog
Description
"[About] a Chinese-Filipino family's search for identity and place in Philippine history. Told in the context of their struggles amid harsh contemporary realities and the ties that bind them to a land that has been good to them despite the life-threatening circumstances that have now begun to hover over their lives"--Container.
12) Crying ladies
Language
Tagalog
Description
A comedic and dramatic story of three different women who take jobs as professional mourners and their personal sagas.
Series
Language
Tagalog
Description
Jonas is a rich, happy-go-lucky guy whose playboy ways makes him a perennially bachelor. His brother challenges Jonas to strike a genuine friendship with a woman for three-months, no sex or romance. If he loses, his brother gets his Porsche. Jonas sets his sights on Kaye, a working class perfume store worker who knows all about his 'ways', but still has a big crush on him. All goes well for Jonas until he begins to true feelings for Kaye. There begins...
15) Eternity
Series
Language
Tagalog
Description
Eternity is an epic romance about a pair of star-crossed lovers Crisanto and Milagros and how true love transcends different lifetimes. In the face of family hostilities and atrocities, the two continue to fight for their love until the bitter end. Cholo and Maegan are two different people with different backgrounds, finding each other as if by fate. It's as if they've known each other all their lives! But the young lovers' romance is thwarted by...
17) Once upon a time
Series
Language
Tagalog
Description
A fantasy-adventure where the "tikbalang" Puga searches for the magic crystal which will restore peace in his land. His dangerous quest leads him to earth where he meets three young men who can help him.
18) Mama's girl
Language
Tagalog
Description
The story of a mother and daughter who encounter struggles and conflicts in their relationship.
Language
Tagalog
Description
A shy, reserved young man and a bubbly, impulsive girl find themselves partnered in a dance class. As they learn to complement each other in dance, they find a lot of what's missing in their lives in each other, and soon fall in love. Bur the real world intervenes and threatens to put an end to their romance.
20) When I met u
Series
Language
Tagalog
Description
En route to a wedding in Palawan, Jenny and her seaplane pilot Benjie crash land on a remote island. The two must learn to get along to survive.
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