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ALPHA, THE RIGHT TO KILL

By Brillante MENDOZA

MEMENTO INTERNATIONAL - as SALES All rights, World

Drama - Completed 2018

MOISES ESPINO, a crooked police officer resells recovered contrabands from legitimate police operation through his informant, ELIJAH.

Festivals
& Awards

San Sebastian FF 2018

Official selection Special Jury Prize

Warsaw FF 2018

Free Spirit Competition Award

tokyo filmex 2018

Special Screenings Section

Torino FF 2018

After Hours section

Singapore IFF 2018

Midnight Mayhem

23rd Busan International Film Festival 2018

A Window on Asian Cinema

hong kong iff 2019

Masters & Auteurs

BAFICI (Buenos Aires) 2019

Panorama Section - Careers

- Year of production
- 2018
- Genres
- Drama, Social issues, Crime
- Countries
- PHILIPPINES
- Languages
- FILIPINO, ENGLISH
- Budget
- 1 - 3 M$
- Duration
- 94 mn
- Director(s)
- Brillante MENDOZA
- Writer(s)
- Troy ESPIRITU
- Cast
- Allen DIZON, Elijah FILAMOR, Baron GEISLER, Jalyn TABONEKNEK, Angela CORTEZ
- Producer(s)
- Carlo VALENZONA (Center Stage Productions)
- Synopsis
- Set against the backdrop of the Philippines Government's crackdown on illegal drugs, a SWAT-led police force launches an operation to arrest Abel, one of the biggest druglords in Manilla.
  Police Officer Espino and Elijah, a small-time pusher turned informant, provide the intelligence for the operation which quickly escalates into a violent and heavely-armed confrontation in the slums between the SWAT and Abel's gang.
  Before the investigators arrive at the crime scene, Espino and Elijah walk off with Abel's backpack full of money and methamphetamine.
  This gesture of survival for one and corruption for the other will soon set off a dangerous series of events, both of them risking their reputations, families and lives in the process.