A story about the life of a young girl living with her mother in the slums of Manila, which becomes unbearable when her mother’s young boyfriend moves in with them.

Julio, a young fisherman from a provincial village, descends into social alienation as he arrives in Manila to search for his loved one.

The Philippines, 1902. The land is raw, wounded, occupied. Smoke clings to the trees. Blood soaks the soil. The war is over – but the violence lingers. Widows fill the…