Loy Arcenas

In the midst of an international murder sensation, Swanie, Sta. Maria's barangay chair and a distant relative of the killer, tries to gain political points by staging a wake for the criminal‐turned‐celebrity. Meanwhile in faraway Manila, Joanna, Swanie's runaway son, navigates his way through labyrinthine bureaucracy, to give a neighbor a proper burial. With these two unrelated deaths, estranged mother and son each bury the dead long shelved in their hearts. (Cinemalaya)