Desaparadiso
Jan 26, 2015 | IMDB 5
75 min Watch NowDrama
What can a family do if someone disappears in a dictatorship? You can’t go to the police for help or information. Many families were affected in this way by the cruelty of the Marcos dictatorship (1972-1986). The film shows one of them as an example of paradise lost.
MOVIE COMMENTS
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Guerrero
MN
Historiographika Errata
Sisa
Atsay
Taya
Tambolista
Waiting to Whisper
As He Sleeps
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Burlesk Queen Ngayon
Ilusyon
The Witness
Malvarosa
(Filipino: In the Name of the Father, Mother, and Children)
Kristo
Colorum
Senior Year
Ang Anino Ni Asedillo
Darang
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IMDB 5.9 | Aug , 1954
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IMDB 0 | Nov , 2017
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IMDB 0 | Jan , 1999
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IMDB 1 | Dec , 1978
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IMDB 0 | Jul , 2012
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IMDB 0 | Jul , 2012
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IMDB 1 | Sep , 1999
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IMDB 1 | Jan , 2005
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IMDB 0 | Mar , 1996
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IMDB 4.8 | Mar , 2010
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