by Jim Libiran
95 minutes | Drama | R-18

CAST
Karl Eigger Balingit
Og Sacred
Young Cent
Jamir Garcia
Ira Marasigan
Malou Crisologo
Rey Javier Guevarra
Havy Bagatsing
Charena Escala
Albert Moreno

PRODUCTION

WRITER, PRODUCER AND DIRECTOR Jim Libiran
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
Dodge Dilague
Mitchelle Moreno
CINEMATOGRAPHER Albert Banzon
PRODUCTION MANAGER Wyne Lagare
PRODUCTION DESIGNER Armi Cacanindin
SOUND DESIGNERAND OVER-ALL SOUND SUPERVISION Mark Laccay
MUSICAL SCORER Francis de Vera
EDITOR Lawrence Ang
GRAPHIC DESIGNER AND TITLES Team Manila

LOGLINE

World-weary Tondo throbs to the beat of hip-hop and freestyle ‘gangsta’ rap and to the scents and sensations of drugs and sex and violence. We witness this crepuscular underworld through the eyes of ten-year-old Ebet. We follow him as he witnesses the deadly lives of teen-age gangs, the “tribes” in Tondo and the events that lead to their explosive confrontation. Ebet lurks in the dark, an enigma that is part innocent child and cynical adult. His loyalties are a mystery, and all that is clear is his love for his drug-addicted mother. As the clock ticks towards midnight, guns are loaded, and knives are sharpened. Only one thing is certain: this is a battle nobody can win.