Movies: Mercedes Cabral

After refusing a ritual circumcision intended to usher him into manhood, Rene-boy (10), tries alternate methods to remove this mark of cowardice....

In street slang, booking refers to the reservation of sexual partners possibly through the use of pimps. This film depicts the life of people who accept or give money in exchange for sexual favors....

When Donna Reyes is robbed in the middle of a bustling Quezon City overpass, she’s hard pressed to find the thief. But with the help of a friend, Donna is able to track down Robert Igawad, an ill-tempered messenger that becomes the prime suspect in t...

Desperately finding ways to support their sickly child, Noel and Liza welcome a new addition to their family, Ben, a rich foreigner who is hoping to build a family of his own. Together they play the game of deceit and make believe, but the truth is f...

The film is about the lives of simple folk caught between the crossfire of Kapitana accused of political patronage, and Patrol Kalikasan using the environment as a front for their own political and economic interests on the small mining community....

Two estranged friends rebuild their embittered past as they travel dangerously together in a habal-habal and retrieve a dead pal....

In the 1940s, Anna, Doris, and Ditas are patients afflicted with Hansen’s Disease (or widely known as leprosy) who live in Culion at a time when the disease is practically a life sentence. No cure has yet been found, and no one is allowed to leave....

Magkakapatid is a story about a family that drifts apart due to socio-economic differences. Three siblings, three narratives, one tragedy, wherein a brother kills his own brother, a father struggles to accept a daughter’s marriage, and a daughter who...

The jeepney route from Remedios to Cubao, will show a splice of life of these individuals, as we take one day out of their busy lives. Witness what happens to each passenger, before and after their jeepney ride....

Makoto of the Japanese Imperial Army decided to go into hiding after the Japanese soldiers were defeated in 1945. In the dread of the forest, he decides to struggle despite efforts for him to surrender, thinking the war is not yet over. For a span of...

Being a tutor to the children of a local funeral parlor is hard work for Diane, though she needs to work hard for a living. Unknown to her, the children she tutors are the children of funerary owners who turn out to be cadaver-eating, shapeshifting c...

A random kiss with a stranger has always been memorable for her. She offers, he reluctantly gives in, and he proves to himself that she has a point....

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A female TV reporter, Alice is thought dead from an ambush in Southern Philippines. Just when her husband Mark moves on with his life, Alice is found alive....

A 6-year old girl, Nik-Nik, develops her first crush in first grade with her beautiful math teacher named Anna. The story will revolve on Nik-Nik's attempt on solving the rubik's cube together with her family that eventually represents her identity....

Life in a remote village in the Visayas turns upside down when villagers are stricken by an unknown disease. As the village chief and doctor try to control the situation, they discover that the dead are rising from their graves....

When a young man initiates an affair with a woman in Manila, he struggles to uphold his arbitrary rules of fidelity....

A few seconds before the inevitable end, a lost soul of a crooked cop tries to find his way back home, continues a semblance of life, and finds meaning and redemption for his corrupted existence, all along dreaming of a paradise where his hope of ...

The story of Claire - wife to a loving husband, mother to two lovely kids, and she has never had an orgasm. Embarrassment, guilt, and a fear of her own desires have made her sexual relationship with her husband a constant struggle. These days, Claire...

Gayuma is a magical love story going beyond the boundaries of social class, religious and superstitious beliefs, and urban-rural prejudices. A failed exorcism of a statue of the Child Jesus led a poor sacristan, Delfin, to concoct a love potion to ma...