

A boy befriends corpses while his dad runs the family business into the ground. Family therapy, Filipino style.
With his funeral parlor about to go out of business and his wife leaving him for good, Lance has become greatly exasperated. He vents all his anger and frustration to his only son, Lester. With no one to turn to, Lester finds comfort in the company of the corpses in the morgue.
Acting
Bugoy Cariño carries the emotional weight like a tiny traumatized professional.
Direction
Tan turns a morgue into the most comforting place in the film.

Director
Joven Tan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of the 2010s Filipino indie horror wave that used genre to examine class collapse in provincial Philippines.
Bugoy Cariño was 9 years old during filming and reportedly asked why he couldn't just play with normal friends.