Albino (2012)
Género : Drama
Tiempo de ejecución : 1H 3M
Director : Gym Lumbera
Sinopsis
A local albino is searching for his identity. Believing that he is the son of an American, he tries to learn English through reading translations and definitions from a Tagalog-English dictionary.
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