

Acting
Huppert's unraveling is masterclass in controlled panic.
Direction
Mendoza's handheld chaos puts you IN the jungle.

Director
Brillante Ma Mendoza
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on the 2001 Dos Palmas kidnapping; some survivors consulted, others condemned the film as traumatic reenactment.
Mendoza deliberately cast actual residents of conflict zones as Abu Sayyaf fighters, blurring documentary and fiction to uncomfortable effect.