In this movie, the abuwak race is being threatened by extinction. The only way they can grow in numbers again is through the rare ability that only the soon-to-be queen of the abuwaks, Hasmin (Lovi Poe) possesses.
Cinematography
Lush rural poverty that haunts like a memory
Direction
Tarog's patient, morally queasy gaze
Acting
Lovi Poe's devastating, feral vulnerability
Director
Jerrold Tarog
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Aswang folklore was weaponized by Spanish colonizers to demonize indigenous spiritual practices; Tarog reclaims the monster as anti-colonial metaphor.
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