Director Raya Martin’s film mixes '90s nostalgia with plenty of earthy humor
A group of boys grapples with sex, video games and, eventually, circumcision over an Easter holiday in the Philippines.
Filipino director Raya Martin was caught out, for a moment, when first pitching the project that would eventually become his latest feature,… with circumcision," Martin remembers saying, referencing Rob Reiner’s 1986 classic. Making its world premiere as part of Berlin’s Generation Kplus program, the Philippine-U.S. co-production is a coming-of-age story that charts a course through universal themes but comes with distinct and intriguing Philippine flavors. Set in the 1990s, it follows four teenage friends during an Easter holiday flushed with awakening sexuality and doses of earthy humor.
Philippine powerhouse ABSCBN Films was impressed enough by Martin’s pitch to throw its support behind the project through its Black Sheep independent arm, while the film has already been picked up by Gersh for U.S. sales.
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