Alagwa

It’s all about emotion in this small but powerful drama about a father’s search for his missing son in the perilous backstreets of the Philippines.

An impoverished single parent, Robert Lim (Jericho Rosales) spends his free time with his young son Brian (Bugoy Carino), turning his back just for a minute, he loses the little boy. Surveillance videos reveal the child being led away by an older man. The father’s anguished search begins. When the police fail to locate his child, he plows through the back streets of Manila, unearthing the dark facets of human trafficking, determined to find his son at all costs.

Director: Ian Loreños
Writer: Ian Loreños (screenplay)
Stars: Jericho Rosales, Bugoy Cariño, Leo Martinez, Smokey Manaloto, John Manalo, Nanette Inventor, Jeremiah Rosales, Carmen Soo, Jamieson Lee, Marti San Juan