The Missing

The Missing (2023)

Iti Mapukpukaw

When an alien comes back to take him, a mouthless young man's life twists and turns as his memories untangle.

Date of release
2023-08-04
TMDB
7.2 / 10 (7)
Runtime
1h 31m
Genres
Animation, Drama, Science Fiction
Director
Carl Joseph E. Papa

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Awards: 0 · Nominations: 1

The Missing is a 2023 Philippine adult animated science fiction drama film co-written and directed by Carl Joseph Papa. Carlo Aquino portrays Eric, an animator without a mouth who encounters and attempts to defeat an alien intent on abducting him after learning that his uncle is dead. It also stars Gio Gahol and Dolly de Leon as Eric's coworker and mother, respectively.

Production

The Missing is produced by Project 8 Projects and is co-produced with GMA News and Public Affairs and Terminal Six Post. The production was supported by the Film Development Council of the Philippines, CreatePH Films, and the National Commission on Culture and the Arts. It also received a grant from Thai film funding program Purin Pictures.

The Missing is the third feature-length animated film of writer-director Carl Joseph Papa, after Manang Biring (2015), and The Leaving (2018). Papa began working on the film's story, which was based on his personal experience of childhood sexual abuse and interviews with other people, in 2019 and took three years in writing.

Papa was informed in early 2022 that his story would be part of the 19th Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival. Casting for The Missing began after Papa finished the film's story. The film's main cast, Carlo Aquino, Gio Gahol, and Dolly de Leon, agreed to be included in the film after learning of Papa's reason for doing the film and before reading the script.

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