TRIBU (2007) Official Full Movie version (English subtitles)
Written and Directed by Jim Libiran
Starring: Shielbert "OG
Sacred"
Manuel,
Jamir Garcia, Hi-C,
Lloyd "YoungCent" Labastida,
Marlon "Loonie" Peroramas, Javi Bagatsing,
Malou Crisologo,
Faye Martel, and many more.
For More
Tribu videos (
Behind the scene footages), got to:
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL505F9D0565939355
SYNOPSIS:
In the darker side of Manila-by-night,"tribes" of youthful gangsters roam the streets in search of quick fixes and precarious thrills.
World-weary
Tondo throbs to the beat of of hiphop and freestyle gangsta rap, and to the scents and sensations of drugs and sex and violence.
We witness this crepuscular underworld through the eyes of ten year-old Ebet. We follow him as he witnesses the deadly lives of teen age gang members in Tondo and the events that lead to their explosive confrontation.
The Thugz
Angels tribe members chance upon a blood-soaked body of a member of another gang.
Police arrest a Thugz Angels member for the murder.
The murdered teen is a member of the Sacred
Brown Tribe, whose leaders vow to avenge their fallen member. They learn that
Diablos gang members killed the
SBT neophyte. During the wake, SBT members forge a reluctant alliance with the Thugz Angels,and assemble to raid the Diablos' lair.
The Diablos are older, bigger, and confident of their fighting prowess. They know that they are being targeted for revenge and prepare accordingly.
Ebet lurks throughout the story, an enigma that is part innocent child and cynical adult. His loyalties are a mystery,and all that is clear to us is his love for his drug-addicted mother.
As the clock ticks towards
midnight, guns are loaded, and knives are sharpened. The battle is about to begin!
And this is just part of the story.
Hailed as a gritty portrayal of
Manila's notoriously violent streets of Tondo, Jim Libiran's Tribu is an ultrarealist depiction of youth corrupted by violence, death and decay, told documentary-style and punctuated by the poetically-charged street poetry of the cast.
--
REALIST
CINEMA WITH A SOCIAL PROJECT.
The filmmaker employed real-life gang members as lead actors in this film. These gangs were from rival clans -- working together to finish this difficult project triggered a wave of unification and
peace in a large part of Tondo's ghettos.
Awards:
7th
Festival Cinema Paris - "
Pari de
L'Avenir" (Bet for the future),
2007 Cinemalaya -
Best Film, 2007 Cinemalaya -
Best Sound, 2007 Cinemalaya - Best
Ensemble Acting, 2007 Cinemalaya -
Best Actor, 2007 Cinemalaya -
Best Actress, 2008 Gawad Tanglaw -
Best Picture (
Teachers'
Choice Award), 2008 Gawad Tanglaw -
Best Director (Teachers' Choice Award), 2008 Urian Awards -
Best Musical Score.
Film Festivals (
Competition):
12th
Pusan International Film Festival, New
Currents Section,
Berlinale International Film Festival 2008 (
Forum Section), 10th
Barcelona Asian Film Festival, 10th Osian's International Film Festival (July 10-20, 2008;
New Delhi),
22nd Fribourg International Film Festival '08 (
Fribourg, Switzerland), 7th Festival Cinema Paris, Cinemalaya
Film Festival '07,
Cinemanila International Film festival '07
Film Festivals (Non- Competition):
Titanic Film Festival '08-
Budapest, 19th
Natfilm festival '08-Denmark,
Black Movie Film Festival 2009, TekFestival
Italy
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