Film On Sunday - METRO MANILA
Philippines 2013 115mins. Cert 15 (English subtitles)
Director: Sean Ellis Cast: Althea Vega, Jake Macapagal, John Arcilla
A young country family step off the bus into the colourful squalor of modern Manila, hoping to improve their life here in the capital. Within a week they are struggling to feed their children. When father Oscar at last lands a job with a security firm things appear to be looking up but from that moment on the social drama begins to turn into an exciting crime thriller.