A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Featuring:
Arthur Solinap, Dalin Sarmiento, Sunshine Teodoro
Written by:
Tara Illenberger
Directed by:
Tara Illenberger
Release Date:
July 12, 2017
Original Title:
High Tide
Genres:
Drama
Production Companies:
Bonfire Productions
Dark Media Creations
Universal Harvester Incorporated
Production Countries:
Philippines
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 108
This film explores how environmental issues like climate change drastically affect sea levels and to an extent, the locals who live in coastal villages. At the center of it all is a young boy who is orphaned due to a massive typhoon and loses his ability to speak.
When Unyok lost both parents to super-typhoon Ising, he lost his ability to speak. He and his family used to live in a small island with about 20 other families, but due to climate change, the sea level has become so erratic and dangerously high that the small island has become a "no-man's-land". As a disaster risk-reduction measure, the local government forcibly resettled all the families to the mainland. Now he lives in the mainland coastal village with his friends Dayday and Laila. Every low-tide they go look for clams together on the shoreline. What little income they get from selling clams they give to their father, Tibor, who does back-breaking labor in a rich man's bangus fishpond. When the girls' mother becomes seriously ill, they frantically search for clams to help their father with the increasing hospital expense. Unfortunately, the supply of clams in the mainland coastline is depleting. Trying to help, Unyok leads the girls to cross his old island just when the tide is incredibly low. They discover an abundance of clams in the deserted island. But can the children go home safely before the high tide comes back in?
Director:
Tara Illenberger
Writer:
Tara Illenberger
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