'Kinatay (The Execution of P)' is now showing. The movie is about Peping(Coco Martin), a criminology student, who is recruited by his schoolmate, Abyong, to work as a part-time errand boy for a local syndicate that collects protection fees from various businesses in Manila. The easy money Peping earns is spent mostly on his girlfriend, Cecille(Mercedes Cabral), who’s also a student. Peping decides to marry her, but in order to do so he’ll need more money. Abyong contacts Peping to join a "special project" that pays more than normal. He takes the job and then soon realizes that this job involves killing a woman.Brillante Mendoza won Best Director in the recent Cannes Film Festival. A first in Philippine cinema history.
The movie features Mercedes Cabral as Cecille, Julio Diaz as Kap, Jhong Hilario as Abyong, Maria Isabel Lopez as Madonna, Mark Meily as a criminology professor, Lauren Novero as Boy Chico, John Regala as Sarge and Coco Martin as Peping.
'Kinatay' is showing on Robinsons Galleria IndieSine Cinema 7 and Robinsons Place Manila Cinema 4.
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