Metro Manila

Metro Manila (2013)

Desperate men take desperate measures.

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 when he is offered a steady work for an armored truck company and the senior officer Ong takes him under his wing.

Date of release
2013-07-17
TMDB
7.3 / 10 (181)
Runtime
2h 0m
Genres
Crime, Thriller, Drama, Action
Director
Sean Ellis

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Philippines
  • Awards: 1 · Nominations: 1. Including: Sundance Film Festival - Audience Award – Best Foreign Feature Film

Metro Manila is a 2013 Filipino-language British crime drama film directed by Sean Ellis. Set in the Philippines, it focuses on a rice farmer relocating his family to the country's metropolitan capital in search of a better life. 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.

Production

Director Sean Ellis took inspiration from his first trip to the Philippines when he witnessed two armoured truck drivers arguing with each other.

The film was shot on location in the Philippines in 2011 with a Filipino cast and crew members. The script was written in English, but Ellis encouraged the cast to interpret their lines in Filipino. Ellis used a Canon EOS 5D DSLR camera to capture the footage.

The story of Alfred Santos is based on the Philippine Airlines Flight 812 hijacking on 25 May 2000.

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