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OFW-New Heroes or Mad Heroes
20 minutes Family / Drama / Foreign
An 'Overseas Filipino Worker' in Saudi Arabia battles with his worries and boredom. Determined to work but fiercely homesick, is his stay worth the sacrifice?
Intended Audience: Family
This is the story of an ‘Overseas Filipino Worker’ in Saudi Arabia missing his family back home; a “new hero” as tagged by the government. How he struggles from the monotony of the evenings of his stay until he finishes the contract.
The story focuses on the most challenging experience of a stranger working in a strange land, how he battles with nostalgia. That’s the grim part of his evenings alone in a room. He is sleepless: lying on a bed disturbed by the ticking of the clock that breaks the silence; sitting and walking around as the evening deepens; wishing he can at least rest for tomorrow’s activity. Misery has taken its toll. Yet it’s perpetually forbidding.
Emotion deepens and reaches its peak. He argues with himself. His conscience defends his being away because of the underpaid job in his country. While his ego encourages him to go home and enjoy life with his family, being self-reliant instead of relying on the government.
- Directed by: Noriel M. Jarito
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Written by:
Noriel M. Jarito
Juan Patlang - Produced by: Noriel M. Jarito
- Run Time: 20 minutes
- Release Date: 2006
- Country:
- Intended Audience: family
Written by Noriel M. Jarito
Juan Patlang
Produced by Noriel M. Jarito
Cast
Noriel Jarito:
Bernabe Jose Malvar:
Tina Siervo-Jarito:
Emman Pascual:
Krist Menina:
Noriel M. Jarito:
Earthfishfish:
Finalist:
2nd Viva-PBO Digitales - Mar. 2008
19th CCP Film and Video Competition - Feb. 2007
Tehran 11th Int'l Short Film Festival - Nov. 2006
In Exhibition:
Sine Katipunan - Nov. 2007
1st Jakarta Slingshortfest - Nov. 2006