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Overview
Director: Emerson Reyes
Philippines
Narrative | 17 min
Tagalog with English subtitles
Lele and Bella are playing cops and robbers near the lake. Their innocent pastime turns into a deadly game of cat and mouse when they meet a lone soldier who is being hunted down for conspiring to take over their land. The two young children struggle to decide between righteousness and duty as they search for a way out of the conflict.