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English. 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. [1] The film was selected as the British entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards, [2] but was not nominated.
Sep 20, 2013 · Metro Manila: Directed by Sean Ellis. With Jake Macapagal, John Arcilla, Althea Vega, Erin Panlilio. 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).
Oscar flees from a life of poverty and moves with his family to Manila. They fall victim to the hardened locals until Oscar finds work with an armored car company. Director Sean Ellis Producer ...
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Seeking a brighter future in megacity Manila, Oscar Ramirez and his family flee their impoverished life in the rice fields of the northern Philippines. But the sweltering capital's bustling intensity quickly overwhelms them, and they fall prey to the rampant manipulations of its hardened locals. Oscar Ramirez catches a lucky break when he's ...
Jan 20, 2013 · Sean Ellis. Director, Screenplay, Story. Frank E. Flowers. Screenplay. Looking for a brighter future in metropolitan Manila, Oscar Ramirez and his family leave their miserable life in the rice terraces of Banaue, in the northern Philippines. In the sweltering capital, where all kind of perils lurk in every corner, Oscar catches a lucky break ...
Aug 22, 2014 · The Telegraph. Aug 18, 2014. Metro Manila is so spellbound by its setting that it is a good hour before we discover what kind of film it is going to be. It begins as a swirling drama of survival in the Filipino capital — but then suddenly it slips off down an alleyway, only to emerge a scrupulously engineered, Christopher Nolan-ish crime ...
Sep 19, 2013 · Metro Manila – review. British director Sean Ellis makes a distinctive marriage of social drama and crime thriller in this Philippines-set film. Steve Rose. Thu 19 Sep 2013 17.00 EDT. T ales of ...
