The film tells the story of a former 1980’s film cameraman who now currently works as a movie pirate operating in present day Manila. He routinely smuggles a digital camcorder into movie theaters in order to illegally record films. One night he records something else... And the footage goes viral.
Direction
Mikhail Red's claustrophobic Manila street poetry.
Acting
Ronnie Quizon's haunted, hollow-eyed desperation.
Cinematography
Glitchy camcorder aesthetic that weaponizes lo-fi.
Director
Mikhail Red
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot during the peak of Philippine cinema's 'digital shift,' the film mirrors real camcorder piracy rings that plagued Manila multiplexes in the 2000s.
Ronnie Quizon is the son of comedy legend Dolphy; his casting as a broken, forgotten man was deliberately subversive.
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