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Squalor

Country: Philippines, Language: Tagalog, 91 mins

Original Title

Astig
  • Director: G.B. Sampedro
  • Writer: Noel Ferrer; G.B. Sampedro
  • Producer: Boy Abunda; Noel Ferrer

CGiii Comment

Most Filipino films have the same trademarks...pretty boys, rent boys, poor boys...badly acted, badly written, badly directed...
 
So, when a new Filipino director releases a film there is a sharp intake of breath...well, don't hold your breath...for this is just like all the others.

It's time to change that worn out record - surely, there is a thing called Filipino originality!?!


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The(ir) Blurb...

Four men, four stories, all intersect in Manila. Episode one is about Ariel, a con-man. Episode two is about Boy, an expectant father. In the third episode, Ronald goes to Manila to sell a building. And in the fourth story Baste saves his sister from Ariel.

Cast & Characters

Dennis Trillo as Ariel;
Sid Lucero as Baste;
Arnold Reyes as Ronald;
Edgar Allan Guzman as Boy;
Glaiza de Castro as Elgine;
Angeli Bayani as Babae ni Ariel - 2;
Rustica Carpio as Pining;
Mhalouh Crisologo as Cora;
Emilio Garcia as William;
Jhong Hilario as Rigor