Philippine musician and filmmaker Khavn De La Cruz really dives into the slums of Manila. His heroes are crooked and in-your-face – among them an aggressive dwarf, a one-armed rapper, and an aging pimp. In the Italian "Mondo films" tradition of the 1960s and 1970s, which were less about a coherent story, but rather taking the audience to a world somewhere between reality and fiction through a row of shocking, bizarre or just exotic episodes, Khavn De La Cruz shows bizarre and shocking episodes from the lives of his outcast protagonists.
MONDOMANILA is not a well-meaning social drama from the Third World and nothing for tender-hearted souls, but an obnoxious hymn to life in the slums! Who embarks on the journey, will be rewarded with a unique experience.
.jpg)