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Summary
Three people start a strange therapy to escape their agonies. Each attempts to process those they lost during the Marcos dictatorship while examining their own grief.
Good for
- Friends night
- Thought-provoking
- Adults
Skip it if
- You need an uplifting mood
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 78GoodWatch 77
Letterboxd · 3 K ratings4.1/5
Audience score80%
IMDb7.3
Running time
7 h 27 min
Longer than 9 in 10 dramas, +338 min on the typical 109
typical 109447Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 137 countries
+127Released
2008
August 29, 2008
18 years ago
Genre
DramaLanguage
Filipino
Original language
Also spoken
EnglishMade in
Philippines
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
- ViolenceModerate
- Gore, disturbing imagesModerate
- Frightening scenesMild
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesStrong
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightSolo WatchThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 11 more15 people
- Angeli BayaniAlberta Muñoz / Jenine
- Perry DizonJulian Tomas / Pimp
- Roeder CamañagRenato Muñoz
- MalayaRina Abad / Nun
- Emmanuel Dela CruzLauro
- Dante PerezRebel
- Raul ArellanoRebel
- Irma AdlawanSpiritist / Store Owner
Cooky ChuaPatricia / Kundiman Singer- YTYanyan TaaHannah
Soliman CruzMan in Wheelchair
Carme SanchezMother
Joel FerrerCameraman
Jet LeycoCustomer
Shireen SenoPhotojournalist
Directing · 1
- Lav Diaz Director, Writer, Editor, Cinematography
Sound · 5
- Willy Cruz Sound
- Joel Ferrer Sound
- Sultan Diaz Sound
- Jay Ramirez Sound Mixer
- George Vibar Sound
Art · 1
- Dante Perez Production Design
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