Turumba

Title: Turumba

Director: Kidlat Tahimik

Writer: Kidlat Tahimik

Year: 1981

Running time: 95 minutes

Country: Philippines

Plot summary:

Set in a tiny Philippine village, the inimitable Kidlat Tahimik's film focuses on a family that makes paper-mache animals to sell during the traditional Turumba festivities. One year, a department store buyer purchases all their stock. When she returns with an order for 500 more (this time with the word "Oktoberfest" painted on them), the family's seasonal occupation becomes year-round alienated labor.

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