What if Orpheus was a punk goddess and hell was Manila traffic?
A reinvention of the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, set in contemporary Manila as a rock musical.
Direction
Kluge and Khavn's collision of German art-house and Filipino punk.
Score
Original rock score that weaponizes grief into guitar feedback.
Production
Manila reimagined as underworld—jeepneys become Charon's ferry.
Director
Alexander Kluge
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Lilith Stangenberg learned Tagalog phonetically and performed live vocals without dubbing.
Khavn's 'poor cinema' movement rejects glossy production—this is deliberate aesthetic resistance to Hollywood musicals.
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