Edmar Elipian

While waiting for their mom to come home, worrisome arise when they never heard anything from their mom. JM, a ten-year-old boy together with his six-year-old brother, Moi-Moi, recreates the house as their playground.

Set in Mindanao during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines, two young siblings desperately try to escape a ruthless group of Japanese soldiers. With nothing but a live chicken, their last hope is to reach a band of pragmatic, deal-making, rage-fueled guerrilla fighters for help.