God's Children
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Hiroshi Shinomiya
Keiichi Asano
Arthus Aset
Ariel Baldo
L Carcellar
Bing Concepcion
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
A portrait of forgotten people: About 12 miles north of central Manila rises Smoky Mountain, Payatas Dump, home to more than 3,500 families, existing by scavenging for saleable discards. The film is a close-up portrait of three families. Theirs is an extraordinarily harsh life... In February, 2000, the film crew began living at Smoky Mountain, searching for locations. In July, they began filming. One week later a typhoon struck, collapsing a flank of Smoky Mountain, swallowing 500 houses and more than 1,000 residents. The government shut down the Payatas Dump, depriving the residents of their only means of earning a living. The families remained, and the filming continued for six months.
Director
Hiroshi Shinomiya
Crew
Keiichi Asano
Arthus Aset
Ariel Baldo
L Carcellar
Bing Concepcion
Jaime Concepcion
Rg Concepcion
Mitsuo Hamasaki
Taku Harada
Hajime Haraguchi
Naoe Hiroto
Rei Itoya
Lucy Jerusalem
Gaku Kaneko
Tokiko Kato
Yukio Kubota
Ms. Ms Mommite
Naomi Layno Montermoso
Shinji Nitta
Fr Norberto
Sorina Pancho
Emelita Pecson
Rosita Pustilius
Hiroeru Shinomiya
Hiroshi Shinomiya
Nora Shinomiya
Francis Sia Yu
Tstsuo Takahashi
Hideaki Ujibe
Yasusuke Umeki
Toshihiko Uriu
Cesar Usana
Nobushige Wakabayashi
Mr. Mr Yuasa
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Began shooting July 2000.
Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (Panorama) February 6-17, 2002.
Shown at New Directors/New Films in New York City March 22 - April 7, 2002.
Shown at Santa Barbara International Film Festival February 27 - March 3, 2002.
35mm
color
dialogue Tagalog
