Transit
2013 · Movie · 93 min. · Philippines
Synopsis of Transit
The film begins and ends in an airport during a father and son’s transit flight from Tel Aviv to Manila. It tells the story of Moises (Ping Medina), a Filipino single-dad working as a caregiver in Herzliya, Israel, who comes home to his apartment in Tel Aviv to celebrate his son Joshua (Marc Justine Alvarez)’s 4th birthday. It was on that day that Moises, together with their Filipino neighbors Janet (Irma Adlawan), and her daughter Yael (Jasmine Curtis), find out that the Israeli government is going todeport children of foreign workers. Afraid of the new law, Moises and Janet decide to hide their children from the immigration police by making them stay inside the house.
Direction Hannah Espia
Cast Jasmine Curtis · Marc Justine Alvarez · Ping Medina · Irma Adlawan · Mercedes Cabral · Yatzuck Azuz · Omer Juran
Soundtrack Mon Espia
Screenplay Giancarlo Abrahan · Hannah Espia
Cinematography Ber Cruz · Lyle Sacris
Original title Transit
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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