Monti Parungao

História

Monti Parungao is a director and assistant director, known for Sagwan (2009), Pulupot (2010) and Bayaw (2009).

Filmes

Wooden Chair
Director
Wooden Chair is narrated by a third person omniscient. He tells the story of two orphaned siblings and their journey to overcoming poverty. Judy Ann, 10 years old, and John Lloyd, 7 years old, were named by their mother after her favorite actress and actor. To provide for the two of them, Judy Ann no longer goes to school but instead, sells root crops that she plants in their small backyard, and fruits and vegetables that she picks up from the floor of the public market. To cope with feelings of abandonment, Judy Ann talks to their imaginary mother who guides and encourages her.
T.P.O.: Temporary Protection Order
Miguel is an abusive husband to Teresa, a former town-beauty queen. They have an eight-year old son, JR. Their small family lives with Miguel’s parents. The family is shattered by the vicious cycle of domestic abuse. After a night of beating, Teresa, goaded by a friend, seeks TPO (Temporary Protection Order) from the court. TPO is a legal remedy that a woman can avail of under Republic Act 9262 (Violence Against Women and Children Law) to protect her and her child against anyone harming them. Teresa is granted the TPO against Miguel. But in this legal tug-of-war of familial rights, their son ,JR, is ignored. Until, he shows aggression in school.But Miguel’s parents coax Miguel to file for Child Custody.
The Escort
Director
A story of a pragmatic escort who unexpectedly falls in love to one of his potential client.
Kape Barako
Director
Rico owns the struggling coffee shop Kape Barako. The shop only has one regular customer, aside from a lady who orders nothing but ice water and leeches off their Internet connection. As a result, Rico is having trouble paying off his mortgage. He now has just two weeks to raise 120,000 pesos to keep the bank from foreclosing on the property. He tries a variety of things to raise the cash, even going as far as considering selling his body. Luckily, one of his baristas Jek accidentally stumbles on a solution to the shop’s problems. A prank goes wrong and a special ingredient ends up making their coffee a real hit among a certain section of their clientele.
Pulupot
Story
Eva, a hardworking transsexual entrepreneur, waits for the love of her life, Edgardo who is currently enmeshed in complicated relationships with a possessive gay man, a pragmatic sex worker and his OFW girlfriend. This story an upbeat testament to the simple truth that love is a choice. And sometimes the most inconvenient choice is the key to one's happiness.
Pulupot
Director
Eva, a hardworking transsexual entrepreneur, waits for the love of her life, Edgardo who is currently enmeshed in complicated relationships with a possessive gay man, a pragmatic sex worker and his OFW girlfriend. This story an upbeat testament to the simple truth that love is a choice. And sometimes the most inconvenient choice is the key to one's happiness.
Santuaryo
Director
Santuaryo is a movie that centers on the unfolding narration of a young man named Archie (Basti Romero). Archie went looking for a lost treasure when he came into the possession of an ancient map left by an old adventurer. His journey left him battered and cloudy with memories as he was found drifting on the ocean and later rescued by island fishermen. When his long time lover, William (Will Sandejas) arrives at his side, he is forced to painfully recall what happened to him and describes how he crossed paths with a group of boys looking for the same treasure. In the end, Archie realizes what is most valuable in life and it is in his relationship with William that he finds his greatest fortune. Panoramic and provoking. Santuaryo is ultimately a hypothesis about the behavioral mutations of a group of boys when faced with desperate circumstances.
Bayaw
Director
Bayaw is a movie that combines action, mystery suspense with the gay genre. It ultimately looks deep into the unique and complex relationship of two brothers-in-law that borders between family ties, brotherhood, camaraderie and love.
Kamasutra for Gay Men
Director
Learn all the positions.
Sagwan
Sir Raven
Sagwan is a story of an 18-year-old boy named Alfred, whose routine life as a boatman becomes complicated as he discovers how much more life around him has to offer. His family's haunting dark past inhibits him from living his young life freely. He finds his tender sexual awakening while at first fascinated by the pleasures of the flesh, he soon learns that true pleasure originates from somewhere deep in the human soul.
Sagwan
Director
Sagwan is a story of an 18-year-old boy named Alfred, whose routine life as a boatman becomes complicated as he discovers how much more life around him has to offer. His family's haunting dark past inhibits him from living his young life freely. He finds his tender sexual awakening while at first fascinated by the pleasures of the flesh, he soon learns that true pleasure originates from somewhere deep in the human soul.
O Homem do Farol
Perida
Mateo está a procura do seu pai que o deixou quando ele tinha cinco anos. Sua busca leva-o ao Farol de Lobo em Batangas. Aguardando regresso do seu pai, Mateo vai trabalhar num farol em Lobo. Onde ele encontra Jerome, um homossexual da cidade. O que começa como uma busca de um pai evolui para numa busca de uma auto-conhecimento.
Provoq Voyeur
Director
Ten provocative men in their most private moments. A rock star alone in his backstage dressing room after a big performance; a weekender romancing with nature; a university boy all by himself in his boarding house room; a kept bachelor in his lover’s mansion; a young professional’s cyber experience in his office; a chef’s extraordinary midnight snack; a stripper on the job in a rented private room; a masseur caressing his not-so-distant past; a highly strung hiphop boy searching for caring; and a vulnerable drunk lost in his own world.
O Massagista
Client D
Iliac é um massagista de 20 anos cuja clientela é gay. Na casa de massagens, o sexo é uma consequência imediata. É noite, e o primeiro cliente de Iliac é um escritor homossexual. Do lado de fora, sua atual namorada de Iliac, uma moça que trabalha num bar no Japão, assegura sua dominação sexual. Em casa, seu distante pai falece e, ao viajar para o interior, o rapaz se depara com a realidade da decadência, do amor, da vida e da sobrevivência.
La Visa Loca
Rommel Aguilar
Jess Huson has a dream like many other struggling Filipinos, he dreams of a better life for himself and his family in America. After he is rejected, Jess embarks on a comical adventure filled with crazy schemes and ludicrous plans that end up in hilarious train wrecks that can only happen, where else, in the Philippines.