by Nico Hernandez
17 Minutes | Drama

CAST
Pen Medina
Nikki Bagaporo
Bok Siquijor
Blaise Rodriguez
Onel Velarde
Ollie Espino
Raul Russo
Jon Romano

PRODUCTION

DIRECTOR Nico Hernandez
SCREENWRITER Ipe Asuncion
PRODUCERS
Jab Bolok
Janise Jose
CO PRODUCER AND PRODUCTION MANAGER Adi Santos
CINEMATOGRAPHER Gary Gardoce
PRODUCTION DESIGNER Jeck Cogama
PRODUCTION SOUND MIXER Allan Hilado
1ST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Lucille Sodipe
2ND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Kiko Faulve
Chiara Zambrano
EDITOR Sherwin Pescasio
ORIGINAL MUSIC
Fran Feranil
Paul Hidalgo
PRODUCTION COORDINATORS
Eds Reyes
Judy Prudencio

LOGLINE

Tatang Ruding lives in the streets of the Philippines’ urban Manila with his granddaughter Ester. Tatang makes ends meet the easiest way he knows – stealing and pickpocketing. He does it with Ester as his aide and apprentice. One incident goes awry and Tatang gets beaten up by a group of men. Tatang bitterly takes out his misfortune on Ester and starts to feel useless. Ester, on the other hand, starts to make it up to Tatang by becoming the breadwinner. She becomes better and better at stealing and Tatang realizes that he has created a monster in her. One day, Tatang hears a gunshot- –a moment that will serve as a wake-up call and change the rest of his being.