KURAP

Kurap is an indie film about greed and corruption among small-time criminals in the streets of Manila starring GMA contract artist Sherwin Ordonez in his first mature role.Ambet is a small-time pickpocket lurking in the busy streets of Metro Manila.Together with his gang of young criminals, he steals things and sells them the easiest way possible…. through bribery and corruption.





Meanwhile, Ambet’s only sister Luchie, is afflicted with glaucoma, a disease which causes slow blindness of the eye.Ambet’s illegal income is not enough to sustain the two of them let alone Luchie’s sickness.Marlon will then enter the picture.





He is a cunning cameraman who is always chasing for a video material on petty street crimes, prostitution and prohibited drugs.His hidden camera is constantly on the hunt for juicy stories which he is peddling to his publicity-hungy client, the television netwrok.





As Luchie’s eye condition aggravates, Ambet will agree to work for Marlon as an ‘undercover agent’.Ambet will be caught in a dilemma and will eventually betray his comrades all in the name of love and money.In the blink of an eye, moral degradation, sexual awakening, deceit and deception will be exposed.Corruption and greed will consume them leading to their own death and destruction.





Kurap competed in the 10th Osian’s Cinefan Asian and Arab Film Festival in New Delhi, India last week. It was chosen as the opening film in the 10th Cinemanila International Film Festival on October 15-29, 2008. And on October 10-19, 2008, it will compete in the 24th Warsaw Film Festival in Poland.