Metro Manila 15

Seeking a better life, Oscar Ramirez and his family decide to move from the poverty stricken rice fields of the Northern Philippine mountain ranges and journey towards the capital mega city of Metro Manila. Upon arriving in the big city, it isn't long before they fall foul to various city inhabitants whose manipulative ways are a daily part of city survival. Oscar lands a job as a driver for an armoured truck company and is befriended by Ong, his senior officer. It soon becomes apparent that Ong has been waiting for the arrival of someone just like Oscar for some time.

Sundance 2013 Audience Award winner.

“Sean Ellis keeps things unpredictable with a poetic and searingly realistic migrant drama that gradually becomes a crime story.”

4/5 - The Guardian