Manila is Full of Men Named Boy

2018·Philippines·20 min.
Manila is Full of Men Named Boy
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Manila, July 7, 2009. As Michael Jackson's televised funeral plays throughout the country despite terrorist attacks in the south, an estranged son purchases a child who can drink and smoke to impress his father. However, when the patriarch and his friends embrace the new child as one of their own, the question must be asked: what determines who is more valuable of attention?

CinematographyAndrew Crighton
Original titleManila is Full of Men Named Boy