Slingshot (2007)
"Tirador" (original title)

Director:

Brillante Mendoza

Writer:

Ralston Jover (story)

Stars:

Jiro Manio, Coco Martin, Kristoffer King

10 wins & 15 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jiro Manio	...	Odie
Coco Martin	...	Caloy
Kristoffer King	...	Rex (as Kristofer King)
Nathan Lopez	...	Leo
Harold Montano	...	Rod
Angela Ruiz	...	Tess
Benjie Filomeno	...	Elmo
Enrico Villa	...	Chairman
Aleera Montalla	...	Alona
Jean Andrews	...	Karen
Russel Laxamana	...	Kumare
Jaclyn Jose	...	Zeny
Julio Diaz	...	Diego
Simon Ibarra	...	Caloy's Father
Mark Dionisio	...	Pulis

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

male frontal nudity | cinema verite | gun | violence | female frontal nudity

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Genres:

Crime | Drama

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Details

Country:

Philippines

Language:

Filipino Tagalog

Release Date:

11 March 2008 (USA)

Also Known As:

Slingshot

Filming Locations:

Addition Hills, Mandaluyong City, Metro Manila, Luzon, Philippines

Company Credits

Production Co:

Centerstage Productions, Rollingball Entertainment, Ignite Media

Technical Specs

Runtime:

86 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The film was shot with hidden cameras to make it the film more realistic. It was shot during the actual Quiapo Feast of San Nazareno.

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Connections

Featured in Ben & Sam (2010)

User Reviews

Technical Film

This film has all the merits of a pseudo-documentary with reality-show touch. All the main actors played their roles as real to the mundane realization of life in a slum area. The story plot, if there is really one in the classic sense of the word is an exposè of contrasts between different levels of corruption using survival as a backdrop.

I came out watching this film wondering if this kind of reality really exists, at least at the level that is being conveyed. I grew up in an upper middle-class part of Quezon City. The stark contrast of existence of the different societal levels leads me to think this movie only bolsters the ever widening disparity. In one scene were the father died, the son seemed stoic and unperturbed by what just ensued. This untroubled feeling is shared by the rest of the neighbors, and death is detached. Survival has become instinctually animal.