cockroach

A working student bustles through scorching Manila, pushed to a cycle of exhaustion as the disparities of a distant world of capitalist excess kindle a common tenderness.

Cast

Aaron Shane Warain

as Juan

Raymond Gonzales

as Kuyang Tindero

Vincent Espela

as Kuyang Nagyoyothi

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