Single mother Nora lives with her daughter Sarah on a cardboard groundsheet and hammock tied to the undercarriage of a semitrailer in the parking lot of a Manila cargo terminal. Deep in debt and receiving little help from her husband, Nora has nothing to live for except for Sarah. Living in a community suffering from abject poverty, Nora sifts through trash and spends time with Vilma, a happily single shopkeeper, and Minda, whose truck-driver husband disappeared a month ago presumably to live with another woman. With no other viable options to support her daughter, Nora turns to prostitution.
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Cast
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Angeli Bayani
Known for
Ilo Ilo
Norte, the End of History
Jodi Sta. Maria
Also in
The Broken Marriage Vow
Lavender Fields
Adolfo Alix Jr.
Jonas Gaffud
Kimberly Fulgar
Doc Gamboa
Lemuel Pelayo
Known for
Finally Found Someone
Avelino Relucio
Evelyn Vargas
Also in
Elegy to the Visitor From the Revolution
From What Is Before
Rustica Carpio
Also in
Captive
Grandmother
Adolfo Alix Jr. Director
First release October 8, 2010 · Produced in Philippines
Production
Philippines
Produced in
Languages
Original language
Tagalog
Spoken on screen
Tagalog
Release dates
South Korea · October 8, 2010
Theatrical
Philippines · November 10, 2010
Limited theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Argentina
November 16, 2010 · Mar del Plata Film Festival
Canada
October 10, 2010 · Vancouver International Film Festival
Japan
September 19, 2011 · Fukuoka International Film Festival
Sweden
February 4, 2011 · Göteborg International Film Festival
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