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When the Apocalypse Is Over: New Independent Philippine Cinema

i get so sad sometimes

20m

Directed by Trishtan Perez • 2021 • Philippines
Starring JC Santiago, Karl Louie Caminade, Russ Ligtas

In the small town of Pagadian in the Philippines, a gay teenager eagerly waits for a mature man to finally reveal his face after developing an anonymous sexual relationship with him online.

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