Kaaway
MovieTitle | Kaaway |
User score | 0 |
Release date | May 26, 2019 |
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Director | Wester Demandante |
Production country | US |
Run time | 13 min. |
"Kaaway," which means enemy in a couple Filipino dialects, is a story set in the mid '90s of the U.S. and focuses on two 11-year-old Filipino boys. Jonathan was born and raised in the U.S., while Calag was born and raised in the Philippines. After getting into a fight at school, they are forced to spend the day at the same house and the discord is inescapable. The film's central themes are assimilation, shame, and masculinity.