A teenager sells drugs while his cop uncle pockets the profits — family dinner just got awkward.
22 minSeason 1 • Episode 13
LatestCamilo goes into hiding and calls his boss, begging for help. Meanwhile, a witness comes forward and spills details of the kidnapping on a radio show.
Despite the Philippine government's crackdown on narcotics, high schooler Joseph expands his drug running while his cop uncle profits from corruption.
Direction
Mendoza's handheld vérité style blurs documentary and fiction
Acting
Rillon's dead-eyed youth trapped in machinery he barely understands
Creator
Brillante Ma Mendoza
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Netflix's first Philippine original, released amid actual drug war deaths numbering in thousands. The timing made every frame politically charged.
Mendoza cast non-actors from Manila's slums; some had lost family to the very violence depicted. That authenticity cuts both ways.
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