Synopsis
In the outskirts of Italy, 60-year-old Filipino immigrant Cesar lives with his wife Agnes, who suffers from dementia. When they meet a mysterious young Filipino man named Anthony, Agnes disappears, and Cesar's life turns into a nightmare of physical decay, marked by necrotic skin patches and horrifying visions. Cesar must race against time to find Anthony, whom he believes has cursed them, in order to find Agnes and lift the curse before it completely consumes him.
Producer
Bradley LIEW
Bradley LIEW is the CEO of Epicmedia Philippines. He's know for producing Kenneth Dagatan's Sundance Midnight Section's In My Mother's Skin, which premiered in the Midnight Section at the Sundance Film Festival and was sold to Amazon. In 2024, his films include Pham Ngoc Lan's Cu Li Never Cries (Berlin International Film Festival Best First Feature), the Directors Factory Philippines (Cannes Directors' Fortnight) and Viet and Nam by Truong Minh Quy (Cannes Un Certain Regard).
Stefano CENTINI
Stefano CENTINI is an Italian-Taiwanese producer. He's produced films such as Secrets of the Ocean Tribes (winner of 3 Golden Bell Awards in 2022) A Holy Family (Taipei Film Festival Grand Prize winner), the first Filipino-Singapore-Taiwan coproduction In My Mother's Skin (Sundance Midnight Section), Tomorrow is a Long Time (Berlin International Film Festival Generation) and The Settlers (Cannes Un Certain Regard).
HUANG Junxiang
HUANG Junxiang has produced Apprentice (Cannes Film Festival Un Certain Regard 2016), Ramen Teh (Berlin International Film Festival 2018), Buffalo Boys (Fantasia International Film Festival, 2018) and Tiong Bahru Social Club (Busan International Film Festival, 2020). He has also served as producer for both HBO Asia anthology series Folklore (2018) and Food Lore (2019). His latest production, In My Mother's Skin (2023), premiered in Sundance Film Festival and was acquired by Amazon Prime.
Production Company
Epicmedia Productions Inc
Epicmedia Productions Inc. is a Philippine production company. Notable credits include Truong Minh Quy's Viet and Nam (Cannes UCR), Directors Factory Philippines (Cannes Directors' Fortnight), Kenneth Dagatan's In My Mother's Skin (Sundance Midnight Section), Nocebo by Lorcan Finnegan starring Eva Green and Mark Strong; and Mouly Surya's upcoming This City Is A Battlefield.
Volos Films Italia
Volos Films Italia SRL is a Rome based production company. The company co-produced the Public Taiwan Service series Imperfect Us, shot in Gorizia and supported by Friuli Venezia Giulia Region and Lav Diaz's Essential Truths of The Lake (Locarno Competition). On-going projects include Dechen Roder's I, The Song and Sundance participant Kenneth Dagatan's Molder - to be shot in Italy.
Dropkick
A jump. A kick.
Surprise with both feet.
Out of the blue,
something new.
High impact DROPKICK.
Founded by Singaporean producer Huang Junxiang, whose previous credits include Apprentice (Un Certain Regard 2016), Ramen Teh (Berlin, 2018), Buffalo Boys (Fantasia, 2018) and Tiong Bahru Social Club (Busan, 2020) and In My Mother's Skin (2023), which premiered in Sundance and was acquired by Amazon Prime.