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Esoterica: Manila
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Esoterica: Manila

Nov 9, 2014
1h 39m
★ 0.0

Overview

Drawing from his personal adventures, film director, Elwood Perez veers away from standard-issue plot conventions in this paradoxically moral tale of a young man en route to becoming a creative artist.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Film Development Council of the Philippines

Esoterica: Manila Trailers

Cast

Ronnie Liang

Mario

Ronnie Liang

Boots Anson-Roa

Raul

Boots Anson-Roa

Vince Tañada

Vince Tañada

Carlos Celdran

Carlos Celdran

Snooky Serna

Snooky Serna

Jon Hall

Jon Hall

Cecile Guidote Alvarez

Cecile Guidote Alvarez

Federico Olbés

Federico Olbés

Tesa Martinez

Tesa Martinez

Francis Manalo

Francis Manalo

OJ Mariano

OJ Mariano

Adella Aura

Adella Aura

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