Original title: Sikil Polish title: unknown Country: Philippines Genre: drama

Year / Premiere date: 2008 / 04.01.2008 Directed by: Roni Bertubin Time: 109 minutes Language: Filipino

AKA (also known as):
Unspoken Passion

Credited cast:
Ken Escudero, Will Sandejas, Ashley Silverio, Justine Plummer, Reynald Russell Santos, Sylvia Sanchez

Synopsis: (spoiler possible)
Water flows through this beautiful Filipino film like the life force it is — pouring down upon or flooding into the key moments in the lives of two young men who meet as boys in a rural town and end up as male prostitutes in Manila. Whether it’s the river where they play as boys — and get surprisingly casual dual circumcisions from the local equivalent of a mohel (“OK! Go jump in the river.” Ouch!) — the holy water sprayed at a religious festival, the filthy water that seeps through the Manila slums, the steaming water in the bathhouses where the young men ply their trade, or just the ever-present rain, these guys are always getting wet. They also spend a lot of time getting naked, which isn’t a bad thing.



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