Showing in SM Cinemas on October 8, 2014 , Tumbang Preso is a must -see suspense thriller.
The Cinema Evaluation Board (CEB) has given the movie an “A” grade, citing that Tumbang Preso is a “well-directed film that is touchingly disturbing.” According to the CEB “the film succeeds in portraying the horrors of human trafficking and is a commendable effort for a new director who seemingly has something important to say about social issues and who has the courage to say it.”
CEB further praised the film, “It is scarier than a horror film! It is so realistic that it frightens as well as wakes up the viewers” and “it touches our consciousness in all moral levels.”
Catch Tumbang Preso in SM Cinemas today.
Movie synopsis:
Carlo, a smart 14-year old boy and his younger female cousin were promised restuarant work with a scholarship in the capital, Manila but ended up as slaves in a sardines factory. Children’s hands are small so they fit well into the can. Their hands are bloody but consumers don’t notice. The sauce is red.
He plays a game of manipulation and deciet with the owners of the factory and navigate around the complex power-play there. In his way are the manipulative factory owners and guards who see the evil around them but joke around to diffuse their own guilt.
Carlo clings on to memories of his old life – of running through open fields, of his parents and his school to keep himself sane and fighting. Most of the people in the factory are resigned to their fate and he sees his younger cousin slowly losing her own identity and drive.
He realizes that he is running out of time. He spends his days finding weaknesses in the factory setup. It culminates in a dangerous plan to escape where life and freedom are in the balance. A wall covered in sharp glass and the prospect of torture death stand in the way of freedom.