Memories of Old Manila (1993)

A short, syncretic vision of a city that was once the envy of the Orient but has now sunk into despair - Manila.

Genre : Documentary

Runtime : 22M

Director : Nick Deocampo
Writer : Nick De Ocampo, Ricardo Lee

Synopsis

A historian travels through time from the swampland that one day turned into the squalor that it has become in contemporary time.

Actors

Behn Cervantes
Behn Cervantes
Joonee Gamboa
Joonee Gamboa
Narrator (voice)

Crews

Nick De Ocampo
Nick De Ocampo
Screenplay
Nick De Ocampo
Nick De Ocampo
Production Design
Ricky Orellana
Ricky Orellana
Production Design
Lauro Rene Manda
Lauro Rene Manda
Editor
Lauro Rene Manda
Lauro Rene Manda
Editor
Joey Ayala
Joey Ayala
Music
Nolet Clemente
Nolet Clemente
Sound
Ricardo Lee
Ricardo Lee
Screenplay
Nick Deocampo
Nick Deocampo
Director
Yam Laranas
Yam Laranas
Director of Photography

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