Your family wants your blood, sweat, tears, AND your Dubai savings account.
A hardworking and loyal OFW, a chef from Dubai, returns home hoping to pursue his dream of owning his restaurant and starting his own life. However, he finds himself at odds with his family and their toxic tendencies, making him question “Where does sacrifice end and selfishness begin?"
Acting
Zanjoe Marudo simmers with restrained rage you'll feel in your bones.
Writing
Every line of dialogue feels pulled from actual Filipino family group chats.
Director
Lawrence Fajardo
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
OFW narratives dominate Filipino cinema, but this one dares to ask: what happens when the balikbayan box isn't enough? The film interrogates 'utang na loob' as emotional debt bondage.
Director Lawrence Fajardo deliberately cast theater veterans for the family dinner scenes, shooting them in long unbroken takes to mirror the suffocating claustrophobia of real toxic gatherings.
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