Twins, trauma, and a typhoon-battered island — healing hurts worse than the storm.
In a fishing village that’s been ravaged by a strong typhoon, the bond of twin brothers is disrupted by another young boy. Hilom follows the journey of the brothers, Andres and Gael, as they find healing against the harsh landscape of an island that’s also trying to recover.
Cinematography
Typhoon wreckage as emotional landscape — devastating beauty.
Acting
Child actors carrying unbearable weight with zero artifice.
Director
P.R. Monencillo Patindol
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in real typhoon-damaged Philippine fishing communities; the devastation you see is documentary-real.
Director Patindol cast actual brothers Andrew and Joaquin Maog — their organic bond bleeds through every frame.
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