The film tackles the theme of urban decadence and survival through a petty criminal who later transforms into a big-time car thief ; a sexuallly-traumatized teenager who becomes a hardened con artist ; a scheming syndicate boss who covers up as a high-class cafe owner. The characters are ail driven by the exploitative circumstances of living in a city where to be worthy of survival, one needs to be a “wating” – cunning, wily, crafty, sharp, intuitive, competitive, street-smart…
Wating
(Wating)
- Philippines
- 1994
- Fiction
- Couleur
- 120′
- 35 mm
- Titre français
Wating - Original title
Wating - Scénario
Floy Quintos - Interprétation
Richard Gomez, Carmina Villarroel, Cherie Gil, Janice de Belen - Production
M&Q Productions - Support de projection
35 mm - Sous-titrage
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