SLINGSHOT

Synopsis

In an astonishing, breathless opening sequence, police raid a tenement building in the teeming, narrow-alleyed slum of Quaipo, Manila. The story then follows the inter-locking lives of a wide cross-section of the tenement's residents: an orphan whose father is killed in front of him (Jiro Manio); a 'jammer' (Nathan Lopez), or petty thief, brutalised by a tough cop after robbing a schoolkid; an advertising sidecar driver (Coco Martin). There are also young hustlers and drug addicts and other ordinary inhabitants just struggling to get by. The characters are caught up in a multitude of incidents: petty thefts, fights, the distractions of religious parades and the bribing of corrupt political fixers.

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Cast & Credits

• Director:  Brillante Ma. Mendoza
• Producer:  Antonio Del Rosario, Renato Esguerra
• Scriptwriter:  Ralston Joel Jover
• Cinematographer:  Brillante Ma. Mendoza, Gary Tria, Jeffrey Dela Cruz, Julius Villanueva
• Editor:  Charliebebs Gohetia
• Composer:  Tere Barozzo
• Cast (in alphabetical order):  Coco Martin, Jaclyn Jose, Jiro Manio, Kristofer King, Kristoffer King, Nathan Lopez