Batad
7.6
“For one Ifugao boy, the 8th wonder of the world is not the rice terraces.”
While selling produce in the Banawe market to supplement his family's income, a 14-year-old village boy starts dreaming of a life in the big city -- and becomes obsessed with a pair of hiking boots that could take him there.
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Cast
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Gina Alajar
Also in
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Nonie Buencamino
Known for
Almost Paradise
The Woman Who Left
Vic Acedillo
Benji Garcia
Alcris Galura
Known for
Heavenly Touch
Flor Salanga
Tindera sa Banaue
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Jay
Bad Romance
Hiedi Morata
Chris Pasturan
Yogyog
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Desaparadiso
The Woman in the Septic Tank
A.A. Fernandez
Lab-an
Paolo O'Hara
Teacher Robert
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Jeffrey Japson
Mike
Ronald Roga
Douglas
Benji Garcia Director · Vic Acedillo Screenplay Danny Añonuevo Editor
First release July 18, 2006 · Produced in Philippines · Original title Batad: Sa Paang Palay
Production
Cinemalaya Foundation
Production
Philippines
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Languages
Original title
Batad: Sa Paang Palay
Original language
Tagalog
Spoken on screen
Tagalog
Release dates
Philippines · July 18, 2006
Premiere · Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival
No release date listed for United States.
Canada
February 10, 2008 · (Victoria Independent Film and Video Festival)
France
July 8, 2008 · (Festival Paris Cinéma)
Thailand
October 21, 2007 · (Phuket Film Festival)
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