Movie

Filipiñana

2026 · 101 min

A sweltering, quietly furious slow burn that drifts through privilege and cruelty, leaving you uneasy and unsettled long after it fades to black.

Tagline: Beneath the pristine fairways, something is rotting.
Overview: While working at an elite country club outside Manila, a 17-year-old Ilocana attendant uncovers the violent truths of her workplace, her country, and her own past after attempting to return a lost golf club to the club's president.
How it feels: Dark, satirical, tense and melancholic. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Class, power, corruption, isolation
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: class
power
corruption
isolation
justice
Places: workplace
countryside
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild