The Coffin Maker

About This Film

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Festival Year: 2015
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Run Time: 102 Minutes
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Film Type: Feature
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Animated: No
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Countr(ies): Philippines
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Language: Kapampangan
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English Subtitles: No
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Captions: None

Film Overview

Original Title: Magkakabaung
English Title: The Coffin Maker

Randy is a single father, barely earning enough as a coffin maker to provide medicine for his sick daughter Angeline. He is forced to work overtime, leaving Angeline alone for long periods. One night, while her father is working, Angeline has a reaction to the medication which results in her death. In shock and unable to pay the hospital bill and obtain Angeline's body, Randy falls under the influence of the unscrupulous owner of a funeral home. In exchange for paying the hospital bill, he insists Randy agree to an elaborate funeral service for Angeline her at his business. He knows Randy has no money and few options. After he reconsiders, Randy finds he must either pay him back for the hospital bill and reclaim his daughter, or he can accept an unthinkable offer to sell Angeline's corpse. Stark and powerful, THE COFFIN MAKER follows a father's struggle to redeem not only his child's death with a decent burial, but his own guilt and responsibility. (In Kapampangan with subtitles) – C.R.