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

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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