Kawalan (movie)
- Production country: Philippines, Singapore
- Producer: Lav Diaz
- Production companies: Sine Olivia Pilipinas, Tanghalang Pilipino
- Genre: Drama
- Budget: $90,000
Movie description
Tomas, the old venerable mayor of the remote town of Kawalan, learns that the invading Japanese will set up a garrison there. He organizes willing members in his community to set up a hidden settlement in the middle of the forest, where they can live unaffected by the horrors of war. As a young revolutionary during the 1896 fight against Spain and then as a soldier fighting against the Americans, Tomas had witnessed the effects of violence on people and become a pacifist. Now, he must see if inhabitants of the hidden settlement can escape the sufferings wrought by the war.
