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PHILIPPINES · 1999

Naked Under the Moon

Lav Diaz
Philippine Cinema family secrets psychological mystery sleepwalking fallen priest ancestral home
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Synopsis

A young woman recalls how her father (a fallen priest), her mother (a woman with a secret past) and her teenage sister returned with her to live in their ancestral home after the family business failed. She was plagued with mysterious problems of sleepwalking and began a romance with a young man who tried to cure her.

Year1999
CountryPhilippines
DirectorLav Diaz
MovementPhilippine Cinema
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