Completed - FILIPINO - Comedy, Children's - 88 minutes
A young neighborhood 'patalo' (loser) assembles an unlikely team of loser to join her in the ultimate battle for the streets: patintero.
Year of production : 2015 Director(s) : Mihk VERGARA Cast : Nafa HILARIO-CRUZ, Isabel FRIAL, William BUENAVENTE Producer(s) : Fernando ORTIGAS (Tuko Film Productions Inc.), Eduardo ROCHA (Buchi Boy Entertainment)
Patintero is a Filipino street game that is a modified version of tag. Played on a rectangular grid made up of 5 rectangles, the object of the game is to cross the grid and get back to the starting line without being tagged out by a defending team. It is usually played with four man teams. Who gets to be a runner and a defender is decided by a coin toss. The players then take their position like this (Where 0 are the attackers and X the defenders).The film centers on Meng Francisco (Nafa-Hilario Cruz), a 10-year old who loves one thing: Patintero. The only hitch is that she’s terrible at it and her reputation has earned her the title of the neighborhood “patalo” (loser). But in the continuing struggle against the high school team that has one-sidedly claimed the territory of the local sari-sari store, Meng forms an unlikely team of fellow losers to finally challenge these high schoolers in the game of their lives.In this heroic effort to win back what was unfairly taken from her and her friends, Meng will train, bleed, and do almost anything to fight for what she wants: a good game of Patintero on the streets. And what she does for it will be the stuff of legend.
Country(ies) : PHILIPPINES
QCinema Film Festival 2015 (Audience Choice Award)QCinema Film Festival 2015 (Gender Sensitivity Award)3rd Silk Road International Film Festival 2016 (Official Selection)