Esoterica: Manila

Keng is a young boy who left his hometown to study in Bangkok and lives with Tai, a friend who is the same age as him. Keng's dream is to pursue...

Ootani and Tachibana have been inseparable since high school. Now that they're in college, they live together, they're happy and everything seems...

Two women in a remote Muslim community confront an escalating blood feud and reach deep into themselves in hopes to undo the feud stretching back...

Jesusa, a barren woman comes to her wit’s end when her philandering husband moves in with his latest mistress. Left only with her...

A story of an over-the-hill prostitute whose life savings are stolen during the Holy Week.

A young boy frequently visits an old man who lives alone, keeping him always in good company. One night, he chances upon the old man watching a dated...

Mara is scared of water. She has a rare condition that keeps her from touching any forms of liquid. As a single mother, her only pearl is her frisky...

Gene works for the local underworld syndicate but always treats his abductees with kindness. He begins a dangerous affair with ex-bar girl Dolor,...

A journalist investigates a woman with the name of China Doll. Soon, he discovers his knowledge of her turns out to be dangerous.

The episodically connected lives of four college friends unfold throughout the incipient martial law years, as they struggle to define their sexual...

In a time in the Philippines when the concept of divorce does not exist, a young woman has an affair with a married man. Eventually, they move in...

A young woman works as a secretary for a high class escort service, and is drawn into the intrigues of a client and the man who has fallen in love...