A farm girl mistakenly shoots and kills an endangered Philippine Eagle. When authorities begin a manhunt to track down the eagle’s killer, they stumble upon an even more horrific discovery.
Cinematography
The Philippine landscape as beautiful and menacing as the humans destroying it.
Direction
Red's patient, unblinking eye—he lets horror breathe.
Acting
Mary Joy Apostol's silent devastation will wreck you.
Director
Mikhail Red
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Philippine Eagle is the national bird and critically endangered; killing one carries 12 years imprisonment. Red uses this real status to expose whose lives actually matter to the state.
Mikhail Red was 24 when he directed this—making him one of the youngest filmmakers to premiere at Tokyo International Film Festival. The 'missing farmers' subplot references real 2016 extrajudicial killings.
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