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21st Century Cinema

the river that never ends

19m

Directed by JT Trinidad • 2022 • Philippines
Starring Emerald Romero, Hesus Deligero, Ron Go

Along a river undergoing major development, Baby, a middle-aged trans woman, shuttles between her job as a companion-for-hire for strangers and her duty to her father. As the people around Baby start to disappear, she realizes that she has been left behind in a stagnating city.

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