Lilet Never Happened

Oct 13, 2012

1h 45m

★ 7.0

Overview

Lilet Never Happened is the rollercoaster story of how a young girl, struggling to survive in the streets of Manila, spirals down into child prostitution. She is a fighter. She is a dreamer. She is a rebel and she thinks she can handle the world with her wits. But she has to face up to reality when she runs out of innocent dreams.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Springfilm

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Cast

Lilet

Sandy Talag

Claire

Johanna ter Steege

Nonoy

Timothy Castillo

James

John Arcilla

Rosing

Angeli Bayani

Tessie

Dorothea Marabut-Yrastorza

Dino

Jermaine Patrick Ulgasan

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