THE PHILIPPINE ONLINE PREMIERE
Extended online screening until December 31, 2020
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SYNOPSIS
Aminodin’s father always smiles because he says that “happy people live longer.” That is why, at eight years old, Aminodin puts on his best smile while working at the Papandayan dumpsite, where he lives with his family.
His cousin Aliman, on the other hand, lost his smile when bombs fell from the sky in his hometown of Marawi City. As Aliman spends his days sad and crestfallen in a refugee camp, Aminodin devises a plan to make him smile again.
ABOUT THE INVISIBLE MONSTER
The film is a story of the Filipino spirit finding hope and happiness amidst poverty, loss, war, and hunger. It stars two children: Aminodin who lives and works in a landfill; Aliman who lives in an evacuation camp. Through these two boys, we see that happiness and hunger cannot always be seen by the naked eye.
Directed in part by Oscar-nominated Director Javier Fesser, the 32-minute film was shot in Marawi City whose inhabitants are still experiencing the after-effects of the 5-month siege that transpired from May to October, 2017. All the “actors” in the film are not professional and are actual residents who lived through the siege. The film intends to mobilize people against the extreme form of hunger – malnutrition, a disease that affects 4 million Filipino children.