The Philippines / 2018 / 100 min.
Director: Brillante MENDOZA
Brillante MENDOZA's latest film deals directly with the expanding drug war in Manila. The protagonist is Espino, a police officer who receives an order to wipe out the drug trafficking organization of crime lord Abel. With intelligence received from Elijah, an informant inside the organization, Espino and the SWAT team raid the site of a drug deal. After a fierce gun battle, the gang members are apprehended. However, instead of waiting for investigators, Espino and Elijah pack the cash and drugs into a bag and leave the scene.... The double life of a police officer and father who captures the respect of his children is vividly portrayed by MENDOZA's talent for handheld camerawork. Playing Espino is Allen DIZON who also appeared in the Netflix Series "Amo" (2017) which MENDOZA directed. Screened at the San Sebastian International Film Festival.
- TOKYO FILMeX Competition
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Special Screenings
- index
- Hotel by the River opening film
- Ash is Purest White closing film
- A Tramway in Jerusalem
- A Letter to a Friend in GAZA
- Graves Without a Name
- First Night Nerves
- Alpha, The Rights to Kill
- Your Face
- The Horse Thief
- Grass
- PLANETIST
- BON-UTA: A Song From Home
- Wish we were here
- Jesus
- Love Dart
- Complicity
- Special Program: Filmmaker in Focus [ Amir NADERI ]
- Jury / Awards
- Entry Form / Regulations
- Talents Tokyo
