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FILIPININA

By Rafael MANUEL

Drama - Development 2021

- Year of production
- 2021
- Genres
- Drama
- Countries
- PHILIPPINES
- Languages
- FILIPINO
- Duration
- 90 mn
- Director(s)
- Rafael MANUEL
- Writer(s)
- Rafael MANUEL
- Synopsis
- Isabel is a tee-girl at the driving range of the Alabang Golf & Country Club. She spends the whole day teeing-up golf balls for golfers to hit as they swing their steel clubs just inches away from her face. Despite being new to the job, Isabel already often finds herself escaping the driving range and exploring the surrounding golf course which reminds her of the rural home she left behind. It is in the golf course that Isabel first encounters the country club president, Dr. Palanca, asleep in some bushes. They share a small moment that leaves an indelible mark on Isabel. When Isabel is given the opportunity to return a golf iron which Dr. Palanca has left behind, she gladly takes on the task. As the tee-girl ventures into the country club looking for Dr. Palanca, she finds herself immersed deeper and deeper into a cosmos that reflects the inherent structural violence of the Philippines.