A group of armed and masked men belonging to the Muslim Abu Sayyaf group burst into a hotel on an island resort and kidnap twelve foreign guests. The attack was intended to target employees of the World Bank, but they have already left the resort. The abductees are tourists and Christian missionaries who are now forced on a gruelling foot march through the Philippine jungle. Together, the hostages and the kidnappers find themselves having to cope with the trials of nature. Based on historical events.
CHF 50'000 for production fiction
in competition in Berlin, Sidney, Gand 2012
Busan 2012, section Window on Asian Cinema
London 2012, section Journey
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