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Mapang-Akit

Mapang-Akit

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Drama

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"Mapang-akit" is an offshoot of a documentary project made with an Icelandic filmmaker and uses the outtakes from the Hudas Hudas festival in Antique, where a community bonds over a large effigy of Judas Iscariot during Holy Week. Amidst it is a found story of a man who returns home to his death after pursuing a woman in a neighboring village.

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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

Tagalog

Runtime

38 mins

Rating

0/10

Release Date

06 September 2011

Country

Philippines

Cast

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