Manila
Across Asia
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1h 30m
Directed by Adolfo B. Alix Jr., Raya L. Martin • Drama • With Piolo Pascual • 2009 • 90 minutes
Piolo Pascual portrays two characters in this fractured tale of darkness and light, exposing the seedy underbelly of the city that surrounds him.
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Adela
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It is Adela’s 80th birthday. A former radio personality, she lives on her own in the slums of Manila. Adela is surrounded by a sea of humanity and with it their problems, successes, and trivial...
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Long Day's Journey Into Night
Directed by Bi Gan • Drama • With Wei Tang, Jue Huang, Sylvia Chang • 2019 • 140 minutes
Bi Gan follows up his knockout debut, Kaili Blues, with this noir-tinged stunner about a lost soul (Jue Huang) on a quest to find a missing woman from his past (Wei Tang, Lust, Caution). Following leads acr...
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Though I Am Gone
Directed by Hu Jie • Documentary • 2007 • 68 minutes
Pioneering filmmaker Hu Jie uncovers the tragic story of a teacher beaten to death by her students during the Cultural Revolution.
In 1966, the Cultural Revolution exploded throughout China, as Mao's Red Guards persecuted suspected Rightists....
