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Oscar Ramirez, a rice farmer from Banaue, Ifugao Province, relocates to Metro Manila with his family in hopes of obtaining a higher quality of life after his rice crops are no longer profitable. While searching for a job, Oscar is offered a low-cost room to rent.
Sep 20, 2013 · Metro Manila: Directed by Sean Ellis. With Jake Macapagal, John Arcilla, Althea Vega, Erin Panlilio. This riveting crime thriller follows Oscar, a recent emigrant to Manila who gets pulled into a harrowing world of corruption and violence when he takes a job as an armored car driver to support his family (in Tagalog w/ English ...
Sep 6, 2021 · Metro Manila is 2013 British independently produced crime drama film directed by Sean Ellis, set in the Philippines and with dialogue mainly in Tagalog. Ellis also co-produced...
Infusing thriller tropes with a searing glimpse of modern-day corruption, Metro Manila is just as gripping as any action blockbuster -- and twice as thought-provoking. Read Critics Reviews
Seeking a brighter future in megacity Manila, Oscar Ramirez and his family flee their impoverished life in the rice fields of the northern Philippines. But the sweltering capital's bustling intensity quickly overwhelms them, and they fall prey to the rampant manipulations of its hardened locals.
Oct 10, 2013 · MANILA, Philippines – On the surface, “Metro Manila” tells a simple tale that’s all too familiar to us who live in its eponymous metropolis. It presents the travails of a hard-up family who...
Seeking a brighter future in megacity Manila, Oscar Ramirez and his family flee their impoverished life in the rice fields of the northern Philippines. But the sweltering capital’s bustling…
