Of Cats, Dogs, Farm Animals, and Sashimi

Of Cats, Dogs, Farm Animals, and Sashimi

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Of Cats, Dogs, Farm Animals, and Sashimi

2015

1h 40m

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A slice-of-life documentary of the rubber plantation boys in Zamboanga Sibugay. It’s about boyhood journeys and life’s realities told in a free-spirited, yet melancholic manner.

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