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"Brutus" is an indie film shot in Oriental Mindoro, Philippines about two kids smuggling logs from the mountains. It is about the journey that opens their eyes to a 'world' that is ruled by greed and torn by the political conflicts. "Brutus" is one of the ten Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival 2008 entries. Written by Tara Illenberger
"Brutus" is a fictionalized retelling of facts about the environmental degradation of Mindoro: two Mangyan teen-agers are paid by illegal loggers to smuggle wood to the lowlands. They hide them underneath a bamboo raft and float them for several days th
"Brutus" is an indie film shot in Oriental Mindoro, Philippines about two kids smuggling logs from the mountains. It is about the journey that opens their eyes to a 'world' that is ruled by greed and torn by the political conflicts. "Brutus" is one of the ten Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival 2008 entries. Written by Tara Illenberger
"Brutus" is a fictionalized retelling of facts about the environmental degradation of Mindoro: two Mangyan teen-agers are paid by illegal loggers to smuggle wood to the lowlands. They hide them underneath a bamboo raft and float them for several days through dangerous white water. What follows is a journey that tests their friendship and their values; and opens up their eyes to a world new to them; a world dictated by ideologies and material need. Ultimately they find themselves caught in the conflict between the Military and the NPA. "Brutus" is an adventure film that has a lot to say about a vanishing culture threatened by man's abuses. It explores the struggle of a people who aspire to live well, with dignity and in harmony with nature. Brutus stars Yul Servo and Ronnie Lazaro.
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