Memories of Old Manila

Jun 12, 1993

0h 22m

★ 0.0

A short, syncretic vision of a city that was once the envy of the Orient but has now sunk into despair - Manila.

Overview

A historian travels through time from the swampland that one day turned into the squalor that it has become in contemporary time.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Mowelfund Film Institute

South Productions Limited

Memories of Old Manila Trailers

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Cast

Old Man

Behn Cervantes

Narrator (voice)

Joonee Gamboa

Young Boy

Zaldy Albella

Spiderman

Oliver Villarama

Gang Member

Julienne Mendoza

Gang Member

Macoy Ocampo

Gang Member

Randolph Ranay

Gang Member

Ricky Ibe

Gang Member

Jeanne Paduano

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