A rice farmer and his son in a remote place in Bicol wrestle each day. The farmer’s wife, who is a writer and a poet, died after giving birth to the couple’s only son.Growing up, the boy was exposedto the works of her mother and thepenchant and passion for writingwould manifest in him. Becauseof abject poverty and his father’ssorrow and despair, the son decides to continue writing and studying in Manila, the country’s capital. And so, one day, he seeks his father’s consent.

Most
2003
7.3/10

Farming
2018
6.2/10

The Nest
2020
6.1/10

Bastard Out of Carolina
1996
7.1/10

Lorelei
2020
6.0/10

Mexicali
2026
7.7/10

The Young One
1960
7.0/10

Adopt a Highway
2019
6.7/10

Strange Weather
2016
5.9/10

Brotherly Love
2015
7.0/10

Bring Them Down
2025
6.8/10

Girl in the Box
2016
6.7/10

Holy Lands
2019
6.1/10

The Kindness of Strangers
2019
6.3/10

The Visit
1964
7.2/10

Stillwater
2021
6.6/10

The Padre
2018
5.9/10

Starving in Suburbia
2014
6.5/10

Herself
2020
6.7/10

Hands of Stone
2016
6.6/10
1993
4/10