Film On Sunday - METRO MANILA

Philippines   2013 115mins.  Cert 15   (English subtitles)

Director: Sean Ellis    Cast: Althea Vega, Jake Macapagal, John Arcilla

A young country family step off the bus into the colourful squalor of modern Manila, hoping to improve their life here in the capital. Within a week they are struggling to feed their children. When father Oscar at last lands a job with a security firm things appear to be looking up but from that moment on the social drama begins to turn into an exciting crime thriller.