The Garden of Earthly Delights (2025)
- Original title
- Ang Hardin ng Makalupang Kasiyahan
- Directed by
- Morgan Knibbe
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Philippines, Netherlands, Belgium
- Runtime
- 2h 04m
- Rated
- 16
- Rating
- 8.5 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
In Manila's informal settlements, a young boy who wants to be a gangster meets a Dutch tourist who was scammed. Their lives come together in a brutal encounter centered on exploitation and survival.
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What happens
The Garden of Earthly Delights (Filipino: Ang Hardin ng Makalupang Kasiyahan) is a 2025 drama film directed by Morgan Knibbe from a screenplay he co-wrote with Roelof Jan Minneboo. The story, set in Manila's informal settlements, follows a young boy who aspired to become a gangster, crossed paths with a Dutch tourist who sought solace in the capital's red light district after being scammed, and whose lives collide in a brutal encounter of exploitation and survival. An international co-production between the Netherlands, the Philippines, and Belgium, the film premiered in the Netherlands on 22 March 2025, as part of the Movies That Matter Festival. It received a Philippine release on 15 November, as part of the 13th QCinema International Film Festival's Before Midnight category. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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