Astri and Tambulah
MovieTitle | Si Astri Maka Si Tambulah |
User score | 5 |
Release date | Oct 22, 2017 |
Genre | Drama |
Director | Xeph Suarez |
Production country | Philippines |
Run time | 20 min. |
Astri is a 16-year old transwoman in a relationship with 17-year old Tambulah. Although it’s an unusual sight at the community where they live, nobody bothers them. Subsisting on the coins people throw at them when they perform their traditional dance at the sea. Everything is perfect except that Sama Bajao traditions and a pact made long ago require Astri to marry a woman she hardly knows