Denise O'Hara

About a pair of children who grow up near the Negros' tropical forests, fall in love, and fall into the currents of history and tumultuous change - a coming of age film, a war atrocity drama, a supernatural horror film, a love story, and a celebration of Filipino poetry. (Noel Vera)

After a particularly strong squall, a sleepy fishing village on a tiny island in Southern Tagalog wakes up to an astonishing sight - their sea has turned red. Floating on their waters are thousands of apples. No one knows where they came from. Some suspect this is a bad omen from the baconaua - a creature of myth. Few believe it to be a miracle from heaven, while others fear a more sinister source. (imdb)

A story of Ilyong, a recently dead man killed by the police, after he was caught stealing. This is the beginning of his story, his death. Soon after, he is brought into a sleazy funeral home, run by Violet, a greedy homosexual who has learned to survive by renting out the dead bodies in his funeral home to Simon. Along for the ride is Jojo, a police officer who is under the payroll of Simon and who supplies the dead bodies for Violet to take care of and make money from.