TAKE FIVE
By Bayani San Diego Jr.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
British director Sean Ellis, with Filipino actors Jake Macapagal and Althea Vega, recounts the circuitous journey of “Metro Manila,” the UK’s entry to the Oscars for best foreign language film. CATHY MIRANDA/INQUIRER.net
It all started with a beach holiday in 2007 and, since then, there seems to be no end in sight for the incessant travels of British director Sean Ellis.
Six years ago, the idea for a film hit Ellis—while in Manila en route to Boracay.
He saw two armed guards arguing heatedly on the streets and the seed was planted in his brain.
Ellis, an Oscar-nominated filmmaker (for the short “Cashback” in 2006), began writing the script of “Metro Manila” soon after returning from that life-changing vacation.
“I told myself that I had to come back to make a film here,” Ellis said.
“Metro Manila” tells the story of an impoverished farmer who moves his family to the city, only to get entangled in a web of deceit and danger.
In 2010, Ellis started filming in the country, with an all-Filipino cast and crew.
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