Kakampi
July 19 Thurs 4 p.m.
July 24 Tue 1:30 p.m.
July 31 Tue 6:30 p.m.

Directed by: Vic Acedillo Jr.

Starring: Neil Ryan Sese, Gloria Sevilla, Felix Roco, Suzette Ranillo, Kate Brios, Perry Dizon

Synopsis: An ordinary taxi ride takes Jun, a young executive, into the unusual story of Ben, a 35 year-old taxi driver in Manila on how he became a lanzones farmer in Camiguin Island, Mindanao. His story starts a few years back. Ben (30) is an arrogant sales executive who works for a cellphone seller in Manila. He come home to Camiguin Island, because he thought he’s going to inherit a large farmland which he plans to turn into a vacation resort. But it turns out the farmland was not as big as he imagined. He also finds out he’s not even inheriting the farmland at all. But it was a small farm that unbelievably yields many times more than other larger farmlands. He was asked to come to Camiguin Island because his Lola (75) wants him to SAVE the farm because the trees have stopped bearing fruit ever since his Lolo said he passed it on to his “Apo” with Zero farming knowledge Ben’s clues to the puzzle are his blurred pieces of memory with his Lolo when he was 7 years-old and from the way of life of the locals themselves. It twists Ben’s life from the familiar world to the worried and bizarre. KAKAMPI talks about an almost extinct traditional farming practice in the Philippines but still done by very few small clandestine farms in certain parts of the country. It is shrouded by skepticism because it is unscientific but it teaches us one great thing: To treat nature and all of life with love, humility and respect.) Inspired by a real taxi driver conversation experienced by the author while in Manila.

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