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Infusing thriller tropes with a searing glimpse of modern-day corruption, Metro Manila is just as gripping as any action blockbuster -- and twice as thought-provoking. Read Critics Reviews. TOP...
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- John Arcilla
- Sean Ellis
- Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Oct 10, 2013 · The film’s main setting, Metro Manila itself, is constantly presented as a beautiful monstrosity and a massive paradox, the towering skylines of Makati’s central business district constantly ...
Dec 27, 2022 · Rappler.com. INFO. Ian Veneracion wins Best Actor, while Nadine Lustre is Best Actress. MANILA, Philippines – The movie Deleter was named Best Picture at the 2022 Metro Manila Film Festival...
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Metro Manila is a 2013 British crime drama film directed by Sean Ellis, set in the Philippines and with dialogue mainly in Tagalog. Ellis also co-produced and co-wrote the film. The film was selected as the British entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards, but was not nominated.
- Robin Foster
- Chocolate Frog Films
- Mathilde Charpentier, Sean Ellis
Sep 20, 2013 · 1 Video. 16 Photos. Crime Drama. This riveting crime thriller follows Oscar, a recent emigrant to Manila who gets pulled into a harrowing world of corruption and violence when he takes a job as an armored car driver to support his family (in Tagalog w/ English subtitles). Director. Sean Ellis. Writers. Sean Ellis. Frank E. Flowers. Stars.
- (9.1K)
- Crime, Drama
- Sean Ellis
- 2013-09-20
Aug 18, 2014 · Review: Metro Manila. Director Sean Ellis hopes that the foreign setting will somehow automatically make the clichés feel fresh. A man moves to Manila, capital of the Philippines, looking for a better life, but encounters challenges along the way that test his moral limits.
Aug 18, 2013 · An award winner at the Sundance Film Festival, Sean Ellis's film "Metro Manila" manages to hold your attention from beginning to end and allows you a glimpse of its core Filipino values even through its Western sensibilities.