A man, some chickens, and the crushing weight of familial disappointment—Philippine cinema at its most quietly devastating.
Chito is the son of the owners of a lodge in Coron, Palawan. Because of a shortage in eggs in the town, he gets encouraged to go into growing organic chickens.
Acting
Paolo O'Hara's restrained collapse is masterful.
Cinematography
Coron's beauty weaponized as ironic backdrop.
Direction
Marasigan lets silence do the screaming.
Director
Dennis Marasigan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Free Range sits in a wave of 2010s Philippine indie cinema examining rural masculinity under economic strain.
The egg shortage mirrors real 2016 Philippine agricultural crises—Marasigan turns policy failure into intimate tragedy.
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