On the President's Orders

2019 1h 10m TL

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★6.9TMDB · 11

Documentary

Synopsis

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The searing story of President Duterte's bloody campaign against drug dealers and addicts in the Philippines, told with unprecedented and intimate access to both sides of the war - the Manila police, and an ordinary family from the slum. Shot in the style of a thriller, this observational film combines the look and feel of a narrative feature film with a real life revelatory journalistic investigation into a campaign of killings. The film uncovers a murky world where crime, drugs and politics meet in a deathly embrace - and reveal that although the police have been publicly ordered to stop extra-judicial killings, the deaths continue.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Rodrigo Duterte
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Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Olivier Sarbil
Languages: Tagalog

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RUNTIME

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Tight 70-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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Released 7 years ago.

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3 / 5

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt9338028 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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WILD

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Only 11 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Olivier Sarbil directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Dialogue in Tagalog.

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Things worth knowing

1Tight 70-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
2Released 7 years ago.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4IMDB entry: tt9338028 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
5Only 11 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.