How to Die Young in Manila 2020
– 12 min | Short | 16 April 2021 (USA)
Storyline:
“How to Die Young in Manila” was made as a short pitch teaser to Petersen Vargas’ full-length feature, entitled “Some Nights Feel Like Walking.” It’s about a young boy who braves the streets of nighttime Manila to meet an anonymous hookup. Thinking one of them is a hookup, he trails a pack of young hustlers who then draw him into their strange world of death and desire. This short film questions and explores the possibility of an urban life, of human connection in the city, for those not protected by privilege from the cruel policies of this government, which kill young men everywhere. It’s a film that imagines and situates queer desire within a city determined and shaped by politics.
Director: Petersen Vargas
Writers: Jade Castro, Kaj Palanca, Petersen Vargas
Stars: Miguel Almendras, Shu Calleja, Elijah Canlas
Country of origin: Philippines
Language: Tagalog.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13230864/
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 4
File size : 236 MiB
Duration : 11 min 47 s
Overall bit rate : 2 793 kb/s