Movies by Jerald Napoles

Pedicab

Pedicab

A tragic-comic portrait of a dysfunctional family and the disquieting blind faith they invoke as they dream of going home.

Ang Pangarap Kong Holdap

Ang Pangarap Kong Holdap

A bumbling crew of friends aspires to be known as the town's best thieves but plotting their first big heist seems more difficult than pulling it off.

#WalangForever

#WalangForever

Mia, a celebrated writer of romantic-comedy films, is at a turning point in her life which makes it difficult for her to believe that love could last. Everything comes to a head when Ethan returns, only for her to find out that he has become a cynic of lasting love because she broke his heart.

Slaves of the Seas

Slaves of the Seas

Mario and his brother Alonso become committed to fishing in a coral-reef in the southern Philippines. With many other children of different origin they work for starvation wages on the ship of unscrupulous captain Murène. Together they drive shoals of fish into a big fish trap having to use the dangerous muro-ami technique in the coral-reefs. Fastened to a stone, the little divers jump into the water to reach the depth faster. Without any equipment they dive down 30 meters. The brutal captain treats the exhausted children like slaves

English Only, Please

English Only, Please

A Filipino-American man hires a translator to help translate a letter he wrote for the woman that broke his heart.

In Darkness We Live

In Darkness We Live

After a bank robbery gone wrong, the Gang drives out of town to hide but they run out of gas on a deserted road and go on foot deep into the woods. There they find an old dilapidated house occupied by a mysterious young Woman and her Grandmother. As they insist on staying, the Grandmother tells them that it is the night if Ang Kumakatok (Those Who Knock), a mythical being who takes away a soul from the occupants of the house they knock in. As the dead of night unfolds, we realize who they all really are and when the knock comes, none of them...

Melodrama Negra

Melodrama Negra

A story of the 3 individuals and their unfinished business in earth that they have to accomplish while they are still in Limbo.

Foolish Love

Foolish Love

A woman who worries about her love life as she, in a few years will be turning 30, and is obsessed and desperate to meet the one. She then meets a man who, coincidentally, shares the name with the guy in her dreams, making her think that destiny is at work,

Imagine You & Me

Imagine You & Me

Two Filipinos who coincidentally cross paths in the romantic city of Italy.

Instant Daddy

Instant Daddy

Valentin Roxas was raised by his Tatay Lito alone when his mother left them to work abroad when he was seven. To maintain a sense of normalcy, Lito wrote young Val letters supposedly from his mother, promising she would return.

Triptych

Triptych

A yuppie who just got lucky is struck by a string of unlucky circumstances; a male model's life is upended because of evil boils appearing on his body; a folk singer's romantic ideals are put to the test as his beloved slowly changes into something he does not understand. These three funny, sometimes absurd, sometimes terrifying, and ultimately compelling stories make up "Triptiko."