Synopsis
Lt. Hermes Papauran, one of the best investigators of the Philippines, is in a deep moral crossroad, being a witness to his institution's being a party to a murderous anti-drug campaign, which is spearheaded by no less than the president of the country, Rodrigo Duterte. The moment Duterte sat as the new president of the Philippines in the year 2016, his biggest act was launching his so-called war against drugs, shocking the world for its brutality and the ensuing human rights abuses. Extra-judicial killings attributed to drugs have become rampant and most of the crimes are connected to the police. The atrocities are corroding Lt. Papauran physically and spiritually. He suffers from severe psoriasis, a skin disease resulting from insidious anxiety. A dark past haunts him and it has eventually and literally come back for a reckoning, for a closure.
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (4)
- Co-production : Films Boutique Production
- Foreign production companies : Rosa Filmes, SnowGlobe Film, Epicmedia
- Film exports/foreign sales : Films Boutique
- French distribution : Épicentre Films
Full credits (12)
- Screenwriter : Lav Diaz
- Director of Photography : Larry Manda
- Assistant director : Hazel Orencio
- Editor : Lav Diaz
- Sound Recordist : Hugo Leitão
- Foreign producers : Katrin Pors, Eva Jakobsen, Joaquim Sapinho, Marta Alves, Bianca Balbuena, Bradley Liew, Mikkel Jersin
- Co-producer : Jean-Christophe Simon
- Production manager : Hazel Orencio
- Press Attaché (film) : Jamila Ouzahir
- Dubber : Hugo Leitão
- Sound mixers : Emmanuel Croset, Xavier Thieulin
- Additional Music : Lav Diaz
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Production language : Tagalog
- Coproducer countries : Philippines, France, Portugal, Denmark
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Production year : 2022
- French release : 16/08/2023
- Runtime : 3 h 7 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 154.785
- Visa issue date : 10/07/2023
- Approval :
- Color type : Black & White
- Aspect ratio : 1.66
- Audio format : 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None