Esoterica: Manila

Drawing from his personal adventures, film director, Elwood Perez veers away from standard-issue plot conventions in this paradoxically moral tale of a young man en route to becoming a creative artist.

Cast

Ronnie Liang

as Mario

Boots Anson-Roa

as Raul

Vince Tañada

Carlos Celdran

Snooky Serna

Jon Hall

Cecile Guidote Alvarez

Federico Olbés

Tesa Martinez

Francis Manalo

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