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Who Will Start Another Fire

The Rose of Manila

11m

Directed by Alex Westfall • 2020 • Philippines
Starring Polly Cabrera, Carlon Josol, Andie Ong

As one half of the dictatorial regime that ruled the Philippines, Imelda Marcos would become infamous for embezzling billions from the country to sustain her extravagant lifestyle. In this imagining of her formative years, the fate of a young girl and an entire nation become entangled as the absent mother of a country is born.

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