SYNOPSIS
Cocoy ,12, takes on a great responsibility of taking care of his older siblings while his mother, Mai, goes to the province to get money to pay the expensive hospital bills for her three mentally sick children. His mother is gone for two weeks and Cocoy’s struggle in managing his personal, school and home life is a nerve-racking challenge. In the end he faces truth and life head-on as he fights for his own sanity.
FILMMAKER’S PROFILE
VIC ACEDILLO JR. was a regular award-winning Advertising creative from a multinational ad agency in Makati before he stumbled on the realm of independent filmmaking in 2005 when he wrote BATAD: SA PAANG PALAY for Cinemalaya, 2006. He won his first Best Screenplay award for the said film and so the year after that he decided to direct his first short film (TO NI, Cinemalaya 2007) which also won Best Screenplay. These events encouraged him to make more short films, namely: DIAMANTE SA LANGIT (Cinemalaya, 2008) and KALAWANG NA GINTO (Cinemanila, 2008). Now, he’s directing his first full-length film entitled NERSERI for Cinemalaya 2009. Vic’s stories are simple, highly influenced by Chan Buddhism and are very personal, drawing actual events, meditations, and moments from his life.
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