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21st Century Cinema

It’s Raining Frogs Outside

14m

Directed by Maria Estela Paiso • 2021 • Philippines
Starring Alyana Cabral

As the apocalypse looms, a young Filipino woman is forced to return to her childhood home in the province of Zambales. There, as frogs rain down from the sky, she confronts traumatic memories that condense into a surreal fever dream.

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