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Director:
Benji Garcia
Writer:
Vic Acedillo (writer)
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
A 14-year old Batad Boy, a high school dropout, is forced to sell produce in the Banawe market to augment... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
7 wins & 3 nominations more
User Comments:
A really extraordinary film more (1 total)

Cast

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Annette Aas ... Norwegian Tourist
Grant J. Adams ... American Tourist
Gina Alajar
Noni Buencamino
Bids Dela Cruz ... Mountaineer 1
A.A. Fernandez
Alcris Galura
Joe Gruta
Jeffrey Japso
Heidi Morata
Dave Navarro ... Fil-Am Tourist
Erwin Navarro ... Mountaineer 2
Paolo O'Hara
Chris Pasuran
Ronald Roga
Carmen L. Villaseñor ... Mountaineer 3
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Runtime:
USA:90 min
Country:
Philippines
Language:
Tagalog | More
Color:
Color
Company:
Cinemalaya more

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Trivia:
Finalist to 2006 Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival, Full-Length Feature more

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A really extraordinary film, 25 December 2008
Author: puedeba2004 from United States

I had the pleasure of seeing Batad at the Phuket Film Festival last year and got to meet the director, art director, etc. I learned that this film was made in an extremely remote area under great difficulty and for practically no money, which makes its quality and appeal even more extraordinary. It was truly a labor of love. Of course none of that matters. What matters is what we see realized on the screen. and what we see there is quite wonderful. I'm just a white American guy, visiting the film festival as a tourist and I was just as moved by this story of people eking out a living in this remote and backward area as was my Filipino partner who accompanied me to this film. The universality of the film's theme resonated with both of us. It was quite unforgettable and even now we talk about the film and how it affected us.

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