Movie
Tropical Manila
2008 · 89 min
A quiet, heavy slice of life that lingers on displacement and stubborn hope, asking patience as it slowly accumulates sadness.
- Directed by
- Lee Sang-woo
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Jerald de Vera, Kim Su-nam, Maries Chanel Rebucas
- Tagline
- No matter how difficult, life must go on.
- Overview
- Doo-sik, who fled from Korea to the Philippines, tries to go back to Korea to see his mother and his Kopino son, Philip, tries to stop him.
- How it feels
- Melancholic, bleak and earnest. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
- About
- Family, isolation, immigration, politics
- Content
- Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Lee Sang-woo
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Jerald de Vera, Kim Su-nam, Maries Chanel Rebucas
