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centre and takes an imprint of the key while stealing another one; he was quickly caught on security camera and is shot and killed. Misled by the different key Oscar stole, the company rushes armed men to the address of the drug dealer client while JJ, Oscar's new partner, becomes the "postman" to deliver Oscar's personal effects to Mai. She notices a locket that Oscar had stolen from a shop earlier that morning; upon opening it, she discovers a clay imprint of the key to the security box. After getting the key duplicated, she leaves the city with her children by bus, with a rucksack full of money that sits between her feet.
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which he would use to unlock the box himself. He also blackmails Oscar into participating, threatening to frame him as the man who hid the security box in the apartment under their own name. The plan went wrong as Ong realizes that the man in front of him is not part of the gang but the man who escaped when his former partner was killed; the man promptly kills Ong and Oscar is then given the grievous task of "postman", having to deliver Ong's personal effects and severance pay to his wife, Dora.
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with his family in hopes of obtaining a higher quality of life after his rice crops are no longer profitable. While searching for a job, Oscar is offered a low-cost room to rent. However, it is revealed to be a scam as the next day his family is evicted by the police from the apartment building for
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Ong reveals to Oscar that he took one of the security boxes with him after the failed robbery, and he is plotting with the gang to have the box opened by staging a robbery and having himself "debriefed" in the company's processing centre while Oscar makes an imprint of the key in another room, to
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Upon learning that Ong's wife is aware of the security box, Oscar races back home and finds it under the floor. He and Mai face the dilemma of what to do with the box as she tells him it was a mistake for them to move to the city. One night, after a delivery job, Oscar sneaks into the processing
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for his family to live in. Meanwhile, Mai lands a job as a bar hostess at a nightclub in Makati. While undergoing the mandatory physical checkup, she is revealed to be pregnant. When she fails to make her drink quota and her pregnancy becomes more evident, her boss proposes to have nine-year-old
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On Oscar's first day and night at work with his partner, Ong, the two exchange stories; Ong lost his previous partner during a failed robbery six months prior, Oscar once worked in a silk factory with Alfred Santos, who was forced into
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on a passenger airline, after losing his father and his family's silk factory to a rival company, to which he felt responsible for failing to stand up with his colleague, who ultimately perished after jumping off the plane.
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The film was shot on location in the Philippines in 2011 with a Filipino cast and crew members. The script was written in English, but Ellis encouraged the cast to interpret their lines in
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lists an approval rating of 94% based on 33 reviews. The consensus reads "Infusing thriller tropes with a searing glimpse of modern-day corruption,
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Director Sean Ellis took inspiration from his first trip to the Philippines when he witnessed two armoured truck drivers arguing with each other.
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During a routine job, after delivering their handouts to a rapper who happens to be a drug dealer, the duo have a tense discussion about
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on 20 January 2013. In the UK, it was released on 20 September 2013, while it had its Philippine premiere on 9 October 2013.
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for Manila Armored Couriers after the other guards discover his military background.
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Concerned about Oscar residing in Tondo, Ong offers Oscar a spare apartment unit in
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The film was re-released with special screenings to raise money for the victims of
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is just as gripping as any action blockbuster ⁠— and twice as thought-provoking."
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List of British submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
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was nominated in five categories and won awards for Achievement in Production,
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listed the film as one of his personal favorite films of 2013.
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A silhouette of Oscar, in his security guard's uniform, with the face of his wife, Mai, and the skyline of Metro Manila behind him. The film's title "Metro Manila" and its tagline "Desperate men take desperate measures" are also shown.
Sean Ellis
Frank E. Flowers
Jake Macapagal
John Arcilla
Sundance
Filipino
crime drama
Sean Ellis
Tagalog
Best Foreign Language Film
86th Academy Awards
Banaue
Ifugao Province
Metro Manila
squatting
Tondo
security officer
armed robbery
Makati
work for special clients
corruption
Honda Civic
Jake Macapagal
John Arcilla
Leon Miguel
Filipino
Canon EOS 5D
DSLR
Philippine Airlines Flight 812

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