MAY-I GUIA PADILLA’S full-length debut, “Tirik” (To Set Upright), transforms the road thriller into a meditation on sin and Christian solidarity, using the Sacrament of Reconciliation to confront drug war killings. The film follows Fr. Bert (Rocco Nacino), a weary priest forced into a desperate escape after surviving an assassination attempt alongside taxi driver Santos (Floyd Tena) during what was supposed to be a funeral visit. Padilla transfo…
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