Cleaners / directed by Glenn Barit.

[United States] : Kani, [2024]

1 videodisc (82 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

At a catholic high school in the Filipino city of Tuguegarao, a rambunctious batch of students rebel against all expectations to be good and clean: a germaphobe is tested by a bout of uncontrollable diarrhea; a trio of emos are forced to perform tinikling (a traditional Philippine folk dance) with a normie; an uncircumcised boy attempts to ask an ostracized pregnant girl to prom; and the mayor₂s son is tempted by his father₂s corrupt example while running for youth council chairman. Every frame of filmmaker Glenn Barit₂s Cleaners was printed, hand colored with highlighters, and then rescanned, giving each of its angst-drenched emotions a singular handmade texture and the whole film a bone-deep nostalgia for growing up in the Philippines in the early aughts. One-of-a-kind visuals, plus earnest tracks by Filipino emo band Typecast and a swelling score composed by Barit himself, compel us to feel the fullest extent of Cleaners₂ all-at-once loud, soft, funny, and sweet teenage antics and affections.

English title: Cleaners

Images / Video & Film

Tagalog

February 05, 2024

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Blu-ray, regions A, B, C; wide screen (1.78:1); stereo; DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0;requires Blu-ray player.

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