“Engkwentro” movie poster and trailer!
September 14, 2009 by admin
Filed under Pinoy Entertainment
Filipino filmmaker Pepe Diokno‘s film Engkwentro won the Orizzonti (New Horizons) award at the 66th Venice Film Festival.
The film, which depicts state-sponsored vigilante killings in the country, also bagged the “Luigi De Laurentis” Venice Award for a Debut Film, as well as a $100,000 prize.
Engkwentro stars Zyrus Desamparado, Felix Roco, Daniel Medrana, Eda Nolan, Bayang Barrios, Jim Libiran, and Celso Ad Castillo.
Synopsis:
Richard (Felix Roco) and Raymond (Daniel Medrana) are two teenage brothers. Richard is the leader of his gang, “Bagong Buwan,” while Raymond is just being inducted into rival gang, “Batang Dilim.” Complications at a deadly midnight engkwentro (square-off), when Raymond is given the task of killing his older brother.
Meanwhile, the City Death Squad lurks the streets. This real-life vigilante group is allegedly backed by the city mayor (Celso Ad Castillo) and responsible for many unsolved murders of teen gangsters. Today, they are hunting down Richard. Will they take the younger brother, too?
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